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Offline Jan B

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Removing the plastic rear mudguard/fender
« on: January 02, 2018, 02:17:43 PM »
Almost entirely dismantled the frame. The only part that is bothering me is the rear plastic mudguard/fender. It is held in place by several tabs welded to the frame. The only way i see to remove the mudguard is to bend the tabs open. I don't like that because when the frame is finished with paint i am afraid that when i bend the tabs back the new paint will come off.

So any suggestions on how to proceed?

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Re: Removing the plastic rear mudguard/fender
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2018, 02:29:24 PM »
the plastic is normally flexible enough to bend out of the tabs. i took my 750 one out last night in the same way. i had to lever it a little as the tabs had rusted and bonded themselves onto the plastic.
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Re: Removing the plastic rear mudguard/fender
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2018, 02:33:09 PM »
The plastic is normaly tapered so sliding it UP/DOWN (can't remember) will allow it to be removed.
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Re: Removing the plastic rear mudguard/fender
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2018, 09:33:26 PM »
I managed to bend my mudguard out the other day but it certainly wasn’t easy.... i thought it was gonna break at one point...especially being so old and probably nowhere near as flexible as once was..... maybe a bit of careful hot-air gun treatment would have helped....

 

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