I drill/file a notch into the fender and rubber washer and rotate it towards the rear of the bike to allow for proper drainage. Also, the setup is fork crown, rubber washer, fender, small petal washer, locknut. By doing it your way (rubber against the crown) it likely provided an even better seal.
Hope this helps, Clayton On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > Wondering if anybody else has had this problem with the "daruma" fork crown > bolt that comes with some Honjo fenders. > > Basically, the daruma includes a rubber washer that seals against the > bottom of the fork crown; a metal fender washer sits between the rubber > washer and the fender. After I installed the fenders and got in some miles > in the rain, I noticed that the rubber washer was sealing the bottom of the > fork crown and preventing water that got in there from draining out. In > fact, the water was migrating upward (the only way it could go, really) and > escaping around the stem. > > I checked with Velo Orange, who sold me the fenders, and they said they > hadn't heard of this problem before, but that it could perhaps be remedied > by drilling a hole through the washers. > > Has anybody else had this problem, and if so, how did you fix it? I'm > concerned about water being trapped inside the steerer (I drained everything > by disassembling the fender mount, but that's a pain to do on a regular > basis). > > Thanks in advance. > > --Eric > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
