P38A Back plate /Mud shield

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Hi all, Im looking for back plates for the rear axle ,Mine have seen better days ,Look on line a picture pops up ooh i thought only £ 35 pound ,o no thats a d2 .put in p38 :eek::eek::eek::eek: "£85.,each,Has any one seen them for a better ,lower price...;) cheers
 
Just get rid of them, they are more trouble than they're worth!

They trap dirt, stones and all sorts of debris.. ;)
 
Lot of money for a couple of quids worth of steel and a quick pressing. Press mould should have paid for itself many times over by now.
 
Do you think for offroading they'd be better left on? Thinking of twigs and brush...on the road there is no risk but off road...hmmm...
 
I had a shogun some years ago ,n the mud shield fell down a bit just enough to rip the sticky balance weights off my alloys and made a hell o a racket ,scored a groove in the wheel as well..... Mines coming off be four it happens again,,,just a bit shocked at the price cause it a bit o pressed steel for a range rover ,other land rover parts are half the price ,ahh such is life:confused:
 
Do you think for offroading they'd be better left on? Thinking of twigs and brush...on the road there is no risk but off road...hmmm...

That would be my guess. That and try to keep the worst of the mud off the disk-surface.

Manufacturers try to keep costs as low as possible. An extra fiver on 100,000 vehicles is a lot of cash. So there must have been a good reason.
 
That would be my guess. That and try to keep the worst of the mud off the disk-surface.

Manufacturers try to keep costs as low as possible. An extra fiver on 100,000 vehicles is a lot of cash. So there must have been a good reason.
I was told that the reason they are there is to deflect water away from the disc, there can be a slight delay in braking response with a lot of water while the pads scrape it off.
Off roading it's more likely to trap mud IMO.
None of my motorcycles have had any form of protection for the discs and it has never posed a problem.
 
I was told that the reason they are there is to deflect water away from the disc, there can be a slight delay in braking response with a lot of water while the pads scrape it off.

Yes to protect excess water ingress from impeding brake performance but probably more a follow on from drum brakes which would have been more affected by lashings of rain.
 
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