Carli Diff Protection

Taking your Dodge Ram out in the boondocks, whether that means deep in Baja or your favorite local spot, should not be a trip that winds up costing you a set of gears. Having the confidence of .250 wall steel plate constructed differential guards is one of those piece of mind add-ons that any adventurous off road enthusiast should strongly consider. Shown here is my Megacab negotiating the infamous Goat Trail on the SCORE race routes a few weekends ago. Taking a truck this size down trails as tight as this means you're limited in your selection of lines... and as you can see from the photo, there isn't a pretty one to choose from. Once in a while you're going to make contact, whether that is by choice and moving slow and deliberate or by accident - either event can cost you.


The first time to Barstow for a location scouting run, I dropped my front differential down on to the top of a rock buried in a sand wash. The only reason I caught this is due to a flat tire and upon inspecting the rest of the rig, I noticed a steady flow of gear oil coming from my differential cover. Sage grabbed a rock and smashed the cover with it a few times and got it to seal up with just a small puddle of oil under the axle. Had we continued and this went unnoticed, it could have cost a set of gears and a few hours in the dirt removing critical running gear for the limp home.

We installed 5 prototype differential guards on 5 Dodge Ram HD's and headed for hundreds of miles in Baja a couple weekends ago and turns out, one of us took a boulder dead center. An impact that brought a long bed quad cab diesel to a dead stop while slowly rolling down a trail. The incident required nothing but a change in line to correct the situation and the adventure continued. Without the guard... who knows?


Proven strength in the roughest conditions we can subject the hardware to... testing has completed. Now it's a matter of design tweaks to accommodate all 3rd Gen Dodge Ram model years' steering hardware, various stabilizers and their mounting brackets. Stay tuned for the release of Carli's Diff Pro.