Well, you all nagged me enough that I begrudgingly went to my garage today.
I DID IT!!!! And I’m coming here for all the accolades because I HAVE REALLY BEEN THROUGH IT TODAY. It was like working with one hand tied behind my back. I have no work stand. I don’t know how to get the rear wheel off. The tire is in my way but I flat it and find I have just enough room to work that hex key if I turn the bolt a little at a time. It takes a coon’s age. I’m doing the job squatting on the garage floor and reaching around blindly as I try to bolt things I can’t see and get that bracket folded around that fender, and then I don’t have the right tools so I’m improvising. The parts start falling off and getting lost and I put the bracket on backwards, and there’s a metal shaving embedded in my finger... It was just a lot of howling out there and taking all your names in vain. But, I did have help. Your posts, videos, and Joe’s Instagram advice (because I sent videos of what I did and he pointed out what I did wrong) have gotten me TWO SOLID FENDERS and I thank you so much!!!!! It only took me two tries to get the thing to stop rubbing on the wheel, and I just couldn’t be more thrilled. Also, I’m never doing that again. Thanks so much for the encouragement and advice and video analyzing. Finishing that project was oddly gratifying; and now if my fender causes a fatal crash we can only blame me. Ha! Photos, or it didn’t happen. (Coming in next post because it’s not allowing me to post them here....) On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 8:49:43 PM UTC-7, Brian Campbell wrote: > > This also addresses the rear bracket install pretty well. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NbXxOaqqNI > > On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 11:46:51 PM UTC-4, Brian Campbell wrote: >> >> Maybe this will make it easier to visualize: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNxgtKtu-0c >> >> Starting at 4:30 they give the sequence for rear fender installation >> using a bracket. The VO bracket you have is easily bent to shape, one tab >> at a time when it is secired to the seat stay bridge. I have used old >> handlebar tape scrap stuck on the underside of the he bracket and trimmed >> to fit as a gasket between the fender and the clip. It helps to eliminate >> rattles. You apply the tape before you atache the bracket to the seat stay. >> >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/75aaca8c-412e-4693-abd7-40d717e01898%40googlegroups.com.
