I see. That wasn't at all clear in the other photos, but it is here.
On 12/30/2015 06:23 PM, iamkeith wrote:
The boss on the underside of the brace is threaded. But it is NOT at
a right angle to the face of the fender, where it wants to be. Hard
to show in a picture, so I'm slightly exaggerating in the photo below,
just for illustration's sake. Just slightly. On your bike, the stays
point directly at the dropout/axle, so everything is "in line" as you
say, and aimed more-or-less directly at what would be the center of
the arc of the fender. On the clem, the hole is parallel to the
stays where the brace happens to be attached, but the stays at that
point are not pointed anywhere near the axle/dropout. So there ends
up being a wedge-shaped gap between the top of the fender and the
bottom of the boss. If I tried to firmly clamp the fender at that
point, it would significantly deform and/or pull the fender out of
alignment and/or stress the fender & bolt.
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--faQEJVwjcI/VoRl-DvI_0I/AAAAAAAAAPo/nLNSAzMZTpI/s1600/fenderbossangle.jpg>
I think the idea of sandwiching the fender between flexible rubber
donuts will work. Sort of like the way stud-mounted shock absorbers
attache on some vehicles, to allow a variable angle. I'll need to use
a pair of nuts to lock against each other at the top, since it will
not be possible to snug the bolt against anything.
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9rtfy0TPAnw/VoRmCNQRVaI/AAAAAAAAAPw/6NncKO8892E/s1600/shock_bracket-fitted.jpg>
Only problem with this approach is that it will increase the length of
the protrusion at the underside of the fender. So I'm still open to
other ideas, like the ones Ted suggests. I'll look at bending the
stock mounting tab, but it doesn't seem like it will quite work. Am
hoping someone has already dealt with this
That rubber shim "underneath" could be a tapered washer, it doesn't have
to be rubber.
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