tapered wall portion 94 of barrel 86 will act to deter central sleeve 72 from being carried by fastener shank 74 into nut and washer receiving pocket 84 through central aperture 88 as the bolt guard is assembled the thicker wall portion 98 of barrel 86 has an inner diameter less than the outer diameter of central sleeve 72 this again insures as was the situation with first preferred embodiment 10 that the central sleeve 72 can telescopingly cooperate with the barrels of the two end caps in the second preferred embodiment 70 as seen in fig4 only one end cap 78 has been depicted and discussed it will be understood that this second preferred embodiment 70 as does first preferred embodiment 10 uses two end caps and an interposed central sleeve it will be further understood that similar materials are useable to make both embodiments 10 and 70 of the bolt guard assembly of the present invention it will be yet further understood that the outer diameter of barrel 86 of end cap which is not shown in fig4 will be sized to slidably receivable in the bores 32 and 34 of crossarm 18 and utility pole 20 respectively the two preferred embodiments of the bolt guard assembly in accordance with the present invention provide a practical economical solution to the problem of fastener deterioration that has been caused by the useage of salt and.