steering guard wont fit with new bumper

hey guys.

I aint sure what steering guard I have, and my basis problem is its about a 1-2 mm to wide to fit between the bumper and the chasis! check out me pics.





here is where it hits, along this edge and more so on the welding part



this bit is 15mm wide, while not sure if this is mega wide, its causing me issues fitting it in!!



dimension: 6mm sheet plate, 8mm on arms, while the widest bit of arm is 15mm as previously pointed out.

Any suggestions, is it simply not going to fit, or can i grind it down? or should i swap it, buy another etc. I got this from a salvage yard for about £50 bucks and thought be great as a solid bit of kit, but well....

p.s I didnt try and fit it while my rope was there

I look forward to hearing from you

have you tried fitting it with a sledgehammer?

I tried with a mallet, as thats all I had to hand. its about 2 mm tho, would that be to much for it to be stuffed in there? I guess I might have be nervous due to the new bumper.... but I did give it a good bash and just felt to wide, as said.

haha I love Dwain dibley!

you could try jacking apart your chassis legs to gain enough room

hmmm.. what about using a trolley jak to force it in there? but will it bend and damage my bumper arm and thus cause integral damage under heavy load, as ill be winching etc

oh, not got a hi jack, thats what ya mean right. only trolley

bottle jack and wood packing is wot i'd do shudn't take much to ease apart slightly

just checked some bottle jack out on machine mart. ok there are rather a few!!! any ideas? or are there better places to buy such kit?

jacking apart the chasis sounds bad, but you have done this before? can I use the bottle jack to help with the changing of springs. bushes for rear wheel dampers etc.



http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/search/filter/bottle+jack/type/any/page/1

http://www.wilcodirect.co.uk/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&zenid=pdu4u7qaifme0rokdeotp6ttb0&keyword=bottle+jack

hey guys so what bottle jack would I need? there are diff tonn weights and lenghs. best get a 20 tonn one? cos they range from 1.5 -20 from what I have seen. just want to fit my steering guard, which is slightly to wide, by about 2mm.

I wouldn't jack the chassis apart, even for2mm ... I'd take it apart and widen/slot the holes that the side arms bolt to ..

hey paul, but it wont fit in between the chasis and the bumper. The thickness where the connection joint is to wide, by bout 1-2mm, so wont fit :-(

RUDDdefender90 said:

hey paul, but it wont fit in between the chasis and the bumper. The thickness where the connection joint is to wide, by bout 1-2mm, so wont fit :-(

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I had the same problem...ended up grinding it thinner so it fitted,

Sirus I take it you didnt have any problems with integrity then? was ya about 1-2 mm out like me? or more. Will I need to get a cutting disk? or what exactly to do it, I saw a bloody lot of options when I was in machine mart other day.

I only just got me grinder, and has a flap disc and knoted wire brush cup, but thats it so still learning what need for certain jobs etc.

RUDDdefender90 said:

Sirus I take it you didnt have any problems with integrity then? was ya about 1-2 mm out like me? or more. Will I need to get a cutting disk? or what exactly to do it, I saw a bloody lot of options when I was in machine mart other day.

I only just got me grinder, and has a flap disc and knoted wire brush cup, but thats it so still learning what need for certain jobs etc.

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No Problems at all.... same problem. I had a winch bumper and it was very thick. I took a knotch out of the winch tray and took some off the steering guard so it fitted inside the bumper if you understand what I mean.

yeah I think I get ya matey. Not sure I have to take any of the winch tray out, but hard to say I guess as I didnt get it to sit in its true position!.


sirus some pics of your set up under there would be really good, can you pop some over?

RUDDdefender90 said:

yeah I think I get ya matey. Not sure I have to take any of the winch tray out, but hard to say I guess as I didnt get it to sit in its true position!.


sirus some pics of your set up under there would be really good, can you pop some over?

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Not really....that was on me old car....its in scrappy heaven now

awww mate! what happened to it? what was it you had?

will I need a cutting disc to grind that steering guard joint down? any type inparticular?

RUDDdefender90 said:

awww mate! what happened to it? what was it you had?

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That was me disco.....its in a better place.....Got me 110 now

sweet! defenders all the way! or is it just a 110?

RUDDdefender90 said:

hey paul, but it wont fit in between the chasis and the bumper. The thickness where the connection joint is to wide, by bout 1-2mm, so wont fit :-(

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OK, I misunderstood, sorry.