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Title: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: Goetz on November 13, 2012, 05:45:01 PM
Are those a special order item or could i find em at a hardware store. Id get the calipers out but this keyboard is closer  :unknown:
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: FJmonkey on November 13, 2012, 06:22:19 PM
Standard metric fasteners, I swapped mine out for SST button heads, looks a little cleaner than a hex head. Might be 5mm.
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: Goetz on November 13, 2012, 06:35:38 PM
fantastic.
Thanks, Monkey.
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: FJmonkey on November 13, 2012, 06:38:31 PM
Quote from: Goetz on November 13, 2012, 06:35:38 PM
fantastic.
Thanks, Monkey.

Take one out and match it up at the hardware store next time you are in town.
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: Pat Conlon on November 13, 2012, 07:05:23 PM
Also...If you have removed the brake line holders, don't forget to add a couple of washers under the fender tabs.......
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: Goetz on November 13, 2012, 11:46:50 PM
I still have those. My front fender succumbed to vibrations and flew away at 70 mph. I want to put some rubber in between the mounting surface and the plastic. Also have to fix some cracks in the fleabay fender at the bolt holes. Jb weld i guess, never used it before.
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: FJmonkey on November 14, 2012, 06:24:13 AM
Quote from: Goetz on November 13, 2012, 11:46:50 PM
I still have those. My front fender succumbed to vibrations and flew away at 70 mph. I want to put some rubber in between the mounting surface and the plastic. Also have to fix some cracks in the fleabay fender at the bolt holes. Jb weld i guess, never used it before.
Get the fork brace, that is why the mounting holes have cracks. The forks flex and the sheet metal brace barely helps. As long as the flexing continues the cracking will as well.
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: Goetz on November 14, 2012, 06:59:17 AM
Well, the fleabay fender came with the oem brace, so now i have 2. Might weld them together with some ammo can steel in between. Cant really afford to spend any more cash on her, school coming up in jan.
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: Goetz on November 16, 2012, 05:07:44 PM
also, the fleabay fender i have hat the side mounting holes broken off, ant the top ones are cracked, hence the $15 price. BUT better than mud in my face, for now.
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: FJmonkey on November 16, 2012, 05:29:35 PM
Quote from: Goetz on November 16, 2012, 05:07:44 PM
also, the fleabay fender i have hat the side mounting holes broken off, ant the top ones are cracked, hence the $15 price. BUT better than mud in my face, for now.

Use electrical tape to keep the sides secure and the cracked holes from getting worse. Red tape matches so close to the OEM color on my 86' so you really don't notice it.
Title: Re: front fender mounting bolts
Post by: Goetz on November 16, 2012, 06:03:19 PM
nah man, duct tape, all the way.... she aint pretty but she has the gofast down pat.