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Fitting the DS front mudguards to my 500 ?
Orcade-Ian:
Ted, years ago I bought a DS copy front guard for my blue 400/4 - I know yours was supposed to be genuine but although the 400 doesn't have rubbers and top-hats I had the same problem. It was only on one side in my case and being reluctant to file the end off the stay, with the likely chance of rust forming very quickly, I eased the 'spot faced' section of the slider with the Dremel. It's a solid lump, nowhere near the oil and can easily take a bit of dressing.
Ian
Johnny4428:
Sorry Ted! I misunderstood the problem! Oops 😳 I wrongly thought it was just an alignment problem.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Yes Ian that sounds the best way forwards especially as it now just one stay that is the problem.
DS have replied to the effect that some extra washers may be required on one side - was yours the right hand side like mine?
Orcade-Ian:
Ted, I think it was the right hand side but that would only be a coincidence as mine was definitely a 400/4 copy - a bloody good one at that! Apart from that slight hiccup it was indistinguishable from the genuine one I still have on the red bike. The blue bike went a few years back. Looking carefully at your pic, it doesn't need much and could be easily disguised with a bit of light peening with a small rounded punch to look 'as cast' where it's ground out.
Ian
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Yes Ian it could be a coincidence but - I suspect that as the fork bridge only has the larger holes on the right side that needs the top hat arrangement this means the mudguard fitting is like an original 400 on the left side so any problems will be pushed over to the right.
If the stay end finish was as it should be there would be no issues imho.
Still it is what it is so I will do some fettling to make the errant right rear stay fit when SWMBO allows me to sort it. Not keen on the DS idea to fit washers - I would need something like an 18mm o/d washer with a 6mm bolt hole would probably need to be 2mm thick to be an effective fix. I would then want to fit them to all four ends so it looked right - your solution looks the best way forwards methinks.
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