Thread: Fender brace replacement---The Thrash Begins

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Just a minor hijack - sorry Brian.

Don, this is what I did to my fender braces. Where you see the weld is an ~1/2" piece sectioned out of the brace then rewelded back in place. This left the bead bolt hole in place. Some suggest not even bolting the outer edge down. I find this less then a good idea as those big sail size fenders will be flapping in the breeze as you drive down the hiways and byways at near warp speed( ). The other picture shows how they had to be modified to clear the IFS upper support. It is braced on the backside to replace at least most of the strength - that picture wasn't clear enough to post (black is tough to photograph)

Nicely done Brian.


You can gain a bit more clearance by using Pal nuts.
They have less height than standard nuts.

Stainless steel washers are many times thinner than regular steel washers.

You can skip the lock washer and use blue LocTite instead.
As far as that goes, you can buy Pal nuts with nylock inserts in both stainless and regular steel.


And . . . if a guy had a lathe he could cut cut his own very thin Pal nuts from a regular stainless nut....