My fender mounting tabs are gone. So here is my entry for a repair method. Something different from the usual plastifix. I guess I'm a sheetmetal guy at heart.
Here is the other side. Material is 0.016 aluminum, and the tab is 0.125".
That looks pretty durable.
I just fixed the same tabs on my fender two days ago. I was going to use plastifix but both tabs snapped off so cleanly I decided to try gluing them. I lightly coated both haves of the break with abs glue and just held it in place for three minutes. I didn't think it would be very strong but surprisingly it feels very strong. I can bend the fender back and forth holding the tabs. I still have to plastifix a tab on the other fender half that is missing but I have molds I made from a good fender.
Nice fix and cool molds Travis.
Working the other side:
Front half fender tabs:
So, going for that porcupine look, eh? :biggrin:
Quote from: gdfj12 on October 11, 2023, 08:20:02 AM
So, going for that porcupine look, eh? :biggrin:
I could! Some of my buddies are trying to convince me to leave the rivets unpainted and go for the steampunk/ Judas Priest look. I'm not sure yet. Those are clecoes of course, temporary fasteners we use in aircraft sheetmetal work.
Interesting, I hadn't seen those items before. It looks like the fender should be more durable now. :good:
Edit: aircraft sheetmetal work, not look. Stupid autocorrect!
Pics are the front tabs riveted on, and a tool I'm making to transfer holes. Basically drilled a hole in an M6 screw. I'll thread that in, place the fenders, and use my right angle drill to drill through the tabs.
Here is my drill bushing tool I made screwed into the mount, and the fenders mounted up after transferring and upsizing the hole.