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krankitup · 07-05-2003, 10:13 PM

What good do they really do? They always seem to be in the way of things. Has anyone here taken theirs off? It's not like the keep mud out anyway.

RustyNailJustin · 07-05-2003, 10:25 PM

I would donate them to your local scrap pile. You dont need them just toss um.

krankitup · 07-06-2003, 10:09 AM

Thats what I thought. Thanks.

Maine Jeepah · 07-06-2003, 11:18 AM

i junk em.

makes it easier to wash the mud out that gtes back there anyway.

MJ

krankitup · 07-06-2003, 02:13 PM

Well I think I'm going to have to keep mine. Looking closer at them my brake pads bolt onto it...

Oh well.

orangecherokee · 07-07-2003, 02:05 PM

your backing plate is probably a two part plate. there are two small welds you can probably hit with a chisel and it'll get rid of the bottom portion. also there is a 3/8" bolt to take out as well. this sounds like a pain but it only takes 5 minutes and you won't have to worry about that annoying rattle sound and it'll be easier to clean.

07-05-2003, 10:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
krankitup Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13687 Location: Monroe, WA Posts: 93	Disk brake dust covers What good do they really do? They always seem to be in the way of things. Has anyone here taken theirs off? It's not like the keep mud out anyway.

07-05-2003, 10:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
RustyNailJustin Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Member # 8568 Location: Klamath Falls,OR,Fruita,CO,Montrose,CO, Posts: 7,011	I would donate them to your local scrap pile. You dont need them just toss um. __________________ 2012 KOH Team CrossedUp, ADS, Artec, Mike Klensin and Justin Reece. 9TH Place. 2011 LCQ to KOH Team CrossedUp Mike Klensin and Justin Reece. We finished 40th 2010 KOH Team CrossedUp Mike Klensin and Justin Reece. 2009 KOH Team 435 Finished 35th.First Full Frame/Full Body To Finish KOH. TLCA# 5305

07-07-2003, 02:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
orangecherokee Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 15206 Location: Crabtree, NC or Knoxville, TN Posts: 23	your backing plate is probably a two part plate. there are two small welds you can probably hit with a chisel and it'll get rid of the bottom portion. also there is a 3/8" bolt to take out as well. this sounds like a pain but it only takes 5 minutes and you won't have to worry about that annoying rattle sound and it'll be easier to clean. __________________ Rosco's Revenge 75 Cherokee www.rebelrockrunners.org

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07-06-2003, 10:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
krankitup Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13687 Location: Monroe, WA Posts: 93	Thats what I thought. Thanks.

07-06-2003, 11:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
Maine Jeepah Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5060 Location: Mass-o-two-shits Posts: 1,170	i junk em. makes it easier to wash the mud out that gtes back there anyway. MJ

07-06-2003, 02:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
krankitup Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13687 Location: Monroe, WA Posts: 93	Well I think I'm going to have to keep mine. Looking closer at them my brake pads bolt onto it... Oh well.