Morgan originally used a piece of the hard rubber floor matting material to
space the fender up off of the fender brace. This mnaterial is about 1/8 of
an inch thick. We have found that most cracking of steel fenders is caused
by the nut under the wing lamp comming loose and the fender pounding on the
brace. with fiberglass, I believe that you need to spread the load over as
large an area as possible , use as little filler as possible in the fender,
and attach the fender firmly but gently. I think that a piece of soft,
thick ruber under the fender would not be good as it would allow the fender
to hammar up and down between the wing lamp rubber and the brace underneath.
I would epoxy a large steel washer (2 or 3 inch diameter ) to the underside
of the fender, then use one layer of rubber floor matting. It is also
important that the fender "just sit" on the support bracket and not be
pulled down to it by the wing lamp mounting or the carriage bolts in the
case of a flat rad car.
Regards, Greg Solow
----- Original Message -----
From: David <pdburket@intrepid.net>
To: Morgan List <morgans@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 1:08 PM
Subject: rubber pad between brace and fender
> Fellow Listers,
>
> Presently I am adjusting the bracket ( bending , shaping and pulling
etc. )
> that supports the front fenders over the front suspension. I understand
> inserting a section of rubber between the fender and bracket will help
> eliminate cracking around the mounting holes for the fender lights. I
have
> a section of reinforced cotton cord rubber measuring 1/4"thick that I
> intend to use as a fender pad. My question, Is 1/4" rubber too thick to
be
> used for this application?
>
> One Mog soon to leave the garage,
>
> David
>
> PS
>
> I am using fiberglass fenders.
>
>
>
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