MarkyMark
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- Mark
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A little more on the gas tank skid install in no particular order. . . .
Also, I think I mentioned previously, but I was super concerned about loosing the side "boating" of the stock gas skid to the NV one that didn't have side protection. . for weird stuff like hitting a rock or throwing the drive shaft. . . Anyway, I discussed it with Casey and Dan from NV and they custom fab'd me up a very cool shield for the side of the tank.
HOWEVER, I spent way more time screwing with it then I should have for a 15 min install. . . . In short, Dan included a little "door" on it which I deceided I didn't need to remove. . . but I did as one of the screws in it was making contact with the L bracket. Anyway, after an hour and some swearing, I finally removed that little door and the shield popped right on. . . .
A few additional tricks:
- The shield goes entirely inside the gas tank skid. In one of my videos you'll see that I have a couple of mounts out. That is wrong!
- I ended up doing a nut rivet on the very back of the shield and running a small allen in there. Not really to hold it in place but I was concerned about it making noise bounding around.
I think NV is thinking about making this a stock part of the kit. You'll need to ask if you get one. There is still a slight gap at the very back of the tank (between the two support braces) where the plastic is exposed - but I for the life of me cant figure out how anything would get up there. . . so I'm not worried about it.
More on the install. . .
Also, I think I mentioned previously, but I was super concerned about loosing the side "boating" of the stock gas skid to the NV one that didn't have side protection. . for weird stuff like hitting a rock or throwing the drive shaft. . . Anyway, I discussed it with Casey and Dan from NV and they custom fab'd me up a very cool shield for the side of the tank.
HOWEVER, I spent way more time screwing with it then I should have for a 15 min install. . . . In short, Dan included a little "door" on it which I deceided I didn't need to remove. . . but I did as one of the screws in it was making contact with the L bracket. Anyway, after an hour and some swearing, I finally removed that little door and the shield popped right on. . . .
A few additional tricks:
- The shield goes entirely inside the gas tank skid. In one of my videos you'll see that I have a couple of mounts out. That is wrong!
- I ended up doing a nut rivet on the very back of the shield and running a small allen in there. Not really to hold it in place but I was concerned about it making noise bounding around.
I think NV is thinking about making this a stock part of the kit. You'll need to ask if you get one. There is still a slight gap at the very back of the tank (between the two support braces) where the plastic is exposed - but I for the life of me cant figure out how anything would get up there. . . so I'm not worried about it.
More on the install. . .
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