Is it rattling under the fork crown, or against the fork legs? If the former, I've padded the top of the fender with a small panel of leather, which stopped rattling.
I've also solved the rattling problem, again, against the underside of the crown, by dropping the fender a bit on those bikes with enough room under the fork to allow this. On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Kevin Lindsey <lindsey.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have my Hunq pretty nearly dialed in running perfectly. The only sore > spot - and it's not much of one - is that the front SKS Longboard fender > rattles. I've tried tightening it up, inserting a leather washer in the > hopes that it might dampen the vibrations, etc., and nothing really helps. > The problem seems to be that the distance from the fork attachment point to > the front tip of the fender is simply too long; any small vibration in the > fork (and there are lots of 'em) produces much greater vibrations at the > end of the fender, causing the front to rattle constantly. Has anyone > tried trimming an SKS? I'm thinking of lopping off about four inches up > front, but I'm also afraid that loss of that much fender would leave me > open to front tire spray. > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > Kevin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
