Yesterday, the front diff guard arrived from Justin at Lucky8. As far as he knows this is the first time this particular mod has been done in North America. Installing a QT Services Defender TD5 front diff guard on a (NAS) Discovery 2. I got the idea from UrbanPanzer across the pond, who first did the install on his TD5 Discovery 2. The standard front D2 diff guard from QT requires the need to weld two tabs onto the diff cover. Using the Defender TD5 version it is a complete bolt on job.

The install is pretty straight forward. Loosely fit the top bracket with the two bolts from the diff cover. Hand tighten the smaller bolt/washer through the top bracket and into the top of the diff guard. Test fit the two remaining bolts on the end by the drive shaft. Use the bottle jack to position and hold the guard against the housing. Screwdrivers were used to get the holes lined up as much as possible. Tighten the two bolts on the bottom, the two on top, and then the smaller bolt that connects the two pieces of the guard.

Pictures of the install start at the link, just hit the next button to see the rest.

 

Cool, so would the diff gaurd from a DI have worked since a Defender and a DI are basically the same?
Oris the TD5 Defender closeer to a DII?

 

Hey, sounds like it was all plain sailing............

I do have a "few" good idea's...........sometimes

@Spike................Defender TD5 uses the same axles as a D2, hence I dabbled with the idea in the first place.

 

Ahhh, makes total sense now. I did not know that the TD5 Defender used the same axle as a DII.