"T. S. White" wrote:
>
> Can any of you explain why these Triumph rear fenders might be a little
> too long.
Accident repair seems likely to me. The distance between the mounting holes is
finite. If the fender were crunched at
some point, that means it has stretched. If someone removed the fender and beat
it out, it is then stretched further.
That means the original distance between mounting points has stretched, as
well. Compressing the fender to match the
inner wing mounts causes it to distort in a direction in which it will give
most easily--and that's the center, over the
wheel arch.
The correct way to correct this damage is to shrink the metal back to its
original shape while the wing is still
attached. Gathering the metal pulls it back to its original thickness so that
it is dimensionally the same as it was
before the accident damage.
It's a very common mistake. Did it myself on an old Dodge thirty years ago.
Never could get the damned fender to fit
without redrilling the mounting flange.
Cheers.
--
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM
[mailto:mporter@zianet.com]
Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.
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