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Robs right, they are about 4 inches square, I don't have a tape measure right now though, so I couldn't be exact. For those that have never seen em before, you can see em in this picture:

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There is one on the far left, you can see a little of it, the one just to the left of the diff, and the one on the far right (the T on the tire is pointing at it.) They attach to the torsion tube on the EA81's, but I have seen em on 4WD EA82's too.

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Wow, what a great idea!

 

I never was sure just what the heck those brackets were for. Maybe I'll make some up.

 

Does anybody know if these things actually work? I would imagine that they would at least prevent damage from branches and small debris that gets flung up from time to time.

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As GD was saying, some Aussi's have made big rubber flaps to protect their boots from trail and rock damage. I myself have never ripped a healthy boot on rocks or logs but maybe I haven't tried hard enough. I guess I almost trashed an axle once but my mustache bars hit the log first. I bet flying rocks from gravel roads are the main reason for the OEM flaps.

Here's the flap pics that are on http://www.subaclub.com./ (in the "tech" section.)

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