Patent ID: 6231136
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A guard assembly for a land vehicle such as a crawler, having a driven wheel adapted to rotate about an axis and extending from a non-rotating wheel supporting part that is bolted to an inboard section of the machine and having a seal area between a part rotating with the wheel and the non-rotating part comprising a hollow metal cover extending between and around the non-rotating and rotating parts to protect said parts and said seal area from abrasion and intrusion of debris, the cover being fixed to one of said rotating and non-rotating parts by a plurality of cover mounting bolts arranged circumferentially about said one part with reference to said axis, the cover and mounting bolts being constructed and arranged to permit the cover to be mounted on said one part while allowing said non-rotating part to remain bolted to said inboard section by a plurality of bolts distributed circumferentially about said non-rotating part.