Quote Originally Posted by Ldub
If you make contact with something big & hard (read rock) with that r/f plate, it CAN, & does collapse onto the front drive shaft & makes one helluva racket as the allen bolts rub against it...been there...
No big deal if you carry wrenches with you.

Been there, done that! Mine has already been "modified" using a really big adjustable wrench....a couple of times!