Unless you *really* need the extras that come with a QT Rock Slider diff guard don't bother with them - go for the easy fit slip on ones.
I've bruised just about everything on my upper body fitting one today having been spoiled with the 2 minute job fitting the slipon one at the front.
I'm dreading what the steering guard is going to be like to fit, especially as I've already sheared most of the bolts mounting the front valance trying to get it off (slipping the ratchet and rapping my knuckles every time too)
Remove the nuts on the diff flange which hold the brake line bracket on and gently move the bracket out of the way. Also remove the nut one clockwise of this pair as this is where your top bracket will go.
Attach the top bracket to the flange studs on the diff and leave the nuts very loose. Put the brake bracket back on its studs and put the nuts back on again.
Attach both the bottom mount bolts as little as you can get away with (1/4 turn)
Now bend the top bracket down towards the slider itself and do up the bolt through the two as much as you can by hand.
Once you have this done then use a ratchet to torque down the top bolt first and only once you've got it a few turns in start torquing down the bottom bolts. Be sure to remember to nip the nuts on the diff flange up.
The nuts on the diff flange are 13mm as is the top bolt for the slider itself. The bolts for the bottom mount are 16mm.
The instructions that come with the thing assume some kind of vice grips I've never seen which can open to an inch wide while simultaneously only being an inch wide. Not easy.
Looks good when it's done.
The one provisio on the instructions is that if your car has a rubber joint on the propshaft rather than a standard UJ then you will need longer bolts and a spacer otherwise the leading edge of the slider will trash the joint when you drive.
This seems to be an issue for some 300s but not for the 200s.
Have a look at
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for some idea of thepain this can cause - I ended up using my chest to brace the whole assemblywhile I was doing it up. I'm now waiting to see if JATE rings are compatible with the generic steering protector I've bought (Suitable for RRC and Disco 1 - we'll see)
I see my investing in Sumo bars for the track rod and drag link in the near future. Hopefully before I bend them both.
I'm really looking forward to this job now. Can't be harder than my old steering guard was (ha ha). Mine is a Disco II so maybe they've made it a lot easier (ha ha ha).
Scorpion and Discoparts do steering guards with built in recovery points, the Scorpion one has built in jacking points too, but the Discoparts one is more of a bargain. Not seen the Discoparts one yet but it's on order.
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