Chain Guards

[dmuench]

It's a lot more chipped from shipping damage and sitting around at the TSC than the pictures show.. I think all the surfaces of the chain and the reflections were playing havoc with the digital camera. Those were the only two shots I took that didn't come out totally blurry.

 

[dmuench]

Thanks, and I tend to agree with the vibrations bit.. Just about when I was done tightening things I thought to myself "Why didn't I loctite all that?".. So maybe I'll take the rear apart and fix that tomorrow before I build the front.. If that doesn't hold it together once I get to use it, I'll have to come up with Plan B.

 

[Kodiak]

Just a suggestion.You might want to consider nylon locknuts, even locktite can be affected by vibration.

 

[njrqs]

David

Yes sensational job indeed. I wish I had thought of that when I got ripped off making mine.

Cheers

 

[dmuench]

The finished product..

Just finished the guards off. Ended up loctiting everything, including the already finished rear. Also decided to double up the nuts on the bolts that hold the angle iron to the deck in addition. So here's 4 pictures in case anyone is curious.. The front came out even better, I think.

This picture is the front, overall.

 

[dmuench]

Re: The finished product..

Here's a closer up shot.

 

[dmuench]

Re: The finished product..

Here's a close up shot of the back side of the guards..

 

[dmuench]

Re: The finished product..

..and finally, a shot from below. I used 1.25x2.25" angle iron so I'd have more room to mount it to the deck.

Now all I need to do is wait a couple weeks so I can brush hog our new land.

 

[TonyC]

Re: The finished product..

I have the feeling I'm about to ask a dumb question but I can't figure it out, so.... Why are the middle group of chains shorter on the front guard?

 

[Bird]

Re: The finished product..

<font color=blue>about to ask a dumb question</font color=blue>

Not too dumb./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif The first time I made a chain guard, I made'em all the same length, and as they drug over grass and weeds that pushed them back under the deck, the blades shortened'em for me./w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif