Wow what a hit, makes me rethink the Rancho skid.I've been running the MC rear skid and a Rancho front skid. The Rancho skid folded on the first hit it took. I ordered the MC front and rear diff covers with the new front skid and got them last week. Unfortunately the front Rancho skid folded and I can't get it off due to it's deformation. Going to take it in to my friends shop and have them remove it. I'd stay clear of the Rancho skids.
what exhaust are you running?I put the Dana covers on mine when I had my gears done. They are made from a heavy duty iron.
I never have understood this mentality. It literally only takes one hit on the right rock to do major damage to a diff/cover. You don't have to be rock crawling to mangle your differentials/covers.What are you doing? What kind of wheeling? Unless you are doing some serious rock crawling where you could slip and bang the bottom of the diff really hard, you likely will only ever need stronger diff covers. Even that isn’t always necessary and from my experience really only necessary if you do lots of rock crawling, muddling, or traverse murky water where you can’t see large sticks/rocks/logs that you might run into. If you do basic trail riding, your stock diff covers are fine. Jeep tests these vehicles in all kinds of environments, bring in the off road magazines to have them test and review, and they pretty much do it stock.
Now, if you want the look, they are a great number of cool looking diff covers to personalize your Jeep and there’s no reason not to do that if that’s what you want to do. They are super easy to change, especially if you use a LubeLocker gasket. Just make sure you torque the bolts correctly and use blue locktite.
Lol. I did the same thing.Just a head's up, the rear MC skid won't work if you have a track bar relocation bracket. Ask me how I know.
I have the Teraflex relocation bracket, MC rear adj track bar and the MC rear diff skid and things are fine as far as I can tell ….Lol. I did the same thing.
Pics?I have the Teraflex relocation bracket, MC rear adj track bar and the MC rear diff skid and things are fine as far as I can tell ….
looks like it saved your diff from a disaster. being steel, you can probably bend it back and still keep using it. i have the save one on the front, and MC on the rear. the rancho is very beefy. that had to have been a hell of a hit. with the weight of the vehicle coming down on it. that would bend any piece of steel down there. but it saved the diff which is the important part.I've been running the MC rear skid and a Rancho front skid. The Rancho skid folded on the first hit it took. I ordered the MC front and rear diff covers with the new front skid and got them last week. Unfortunately the front Rancho skid folded and I can't get it off due to it's deformation. Going to take it in to my friends shop and have them remove it. I'd stay clear of the Rancho skids.
mlebofsky,I have the Teraflex relocation bracket, MC rear adj track bar and the MC rear diff skid and things are fine as far as I can tell ….
I've been running the MC rear skid and a Rancho front skid. The Rancho skid folded on the first hit it took. I ordered the MC front and rear diff covers with the new front skid and got them last week. Unfortunately the front Rancho skid folded and I can't get it off due to it's deformation. Going to take it in to my friends shop and have them remove it. I'd stay clear of the Rancho skids.