rear guard mounts

[beastonthemoor]

Hi all, just a quick question, has anyone ever tried drilling the rear suspension plates to mount the rear guards on ,if so did it work out or not,interested in any other ideas or if anyone knows a company that sells an item to doi the job,
ps my t shirt size is xx large to save you asking when youi pull my name out of the hat cheers all. Regards steve.

[DeathBySnuSnu]

I dont think you can (or should) drill the spring plates.
I sandwiched a bracket between axle flange and plate on the three bolt mount.
I on the phone but will try to post a pic.

[Rsw]

I dont think you can (or should) drill the spring plates.
I sandwiched a bracket between axle flange and plate on the three bolt mount.
I on the phone but will try to post a pic.

Thats how mine are mounted.

[pafree]

in the offroad world when you convert rear suspensions, sometimes you need to drill the spring plate for mounting holes. just remember: sharp quality drill bit, lots of fluid, pilot hole/center punch so bit doesn't wonder and slow speed like a drill press. another opition would be to mark where you want the hole, remove the spring plate and take it and have it punched.

example: Shoptalkforums.com • View topic - Drilling spring plates

[DeathBySnuSnu]

I have done it twice when I was young (in high school).
One time was for adapting bus reducers. Made some new holes at the end of the spring plate. Had to do it with a carbide end mill. A plain cheepo twist drill didnt work on the spring steel. It held up fine no problems at all.
The other time was on an off road buggy thing. No dunes here so it wasn't a dune buggy. I made a couple holes near the front along the top edge with the Bridgeport. Mounted a splash guard to slow down the mud and water on my back. Now I treated this thing rough (I was just a kid) but one of them bent and cracked right through the center ofone of my holes. The one on the other side held up ok. I remember reading much later (probably in a vw mag) to not drill forward of the axle on stock plates. I have had aftermarket plates made with extra holes but they were from thicker metal.
Be careful.

[DeathBySnuSnu]

Mounts on Axle flange.

[beastonthemoor]

mounts on axle flange.

hi, thanks all for the ideas and info, just come out of hibernation andstarted some more work on the project, when i can work out how to throw some pics up you can see how far i have got, regards to all, big steve.