Rear Fender Issue

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Rear Fender Issue

The screwdriver is holding the fender in approximately the right position to the battery box. I think with the right spacers it should be perfect.

So I think I have it now. I fought the oil line for an hour trying to get it on. It's on maybe 1/2 inch and it just wouldn't go any further. So now the clamp is in the way of the fender. I think that if I get the hose up farther and thus the clamp I think it will work. I'm not sure how to do that, but I will have to.

The fender will still rest against the hose, which I'm not excited about, but I guess it will be ok.
 
I would be worried with only 1/2" on the oil line.

If the hose is a little tight, then I put hoses and boots in very hot (not boiling) water for a few minutes. Then I stretch the boot or put a tappered dowel in a hose. After they cool, I find I can get them on. Sometimes a little silicon helps.

If the hose is to short..................well, ............get a longer hose.
 
Diablouph said:
I would be worried with only 1/2" on the oil line.

If the hose is a little tight, then I put hoses and boots in very hot (not boiling) water for a few minutes. Then I stretch the boot or put a tappered dowel in a hose. After they cool, I find I can get them on. Sometimes a little silicon helps.

If the hose is to short..................well, ............get a longer hose.
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Hose is not too short. I used silicone but it didn't work. A little oil helped. Did not try heating the line, but I did try stretching it with a tapered punch. This is the fender's way of reminding me to fix the oil line. :mrgreen:

Oh, and what's a boot?
 
Dave - Maybe try turning inner hose clamp around (upside down?) so the screw face is away from the fender facing in the same direction as the other clamp.
Russ
 
batrider said:
Dave - Maybe try turning inner hose clamp around (upside down?) so the screw face is away from the fender facing in the same direction as the other clamp.
Russ
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Won't fit because of the oil tank. Besides, as was pointed out I need to get the hose on better. That should solve my problem. Stay tuned...
 
I find that I have to heat the rubber, stretch with something, let cool and then immediately put it on, it will often go on. Then it will slowly go back to its original shape.

Yes, Norton’s talk to you, and eventually, you start talking back. It's when you start arguing with the bike, and it wins the agreement, that you are in real trouble.
 
Does anyone have an issue with the rubber oil hose touching the fender or do they all do that?
 
I've just found my Fastback rear guard and that too has the 'dimple' rather than a flat. My memory is letting me down again. Even the later mudguard sits pretty well up against the oil line.

I'd suspect that the dimple was introduced when they changed from the earlier front feed oil tanks and that it was always a tight fit there.

I have had the Fastback guard fitted on an 850 Mk111 and I'm sure that the later front fixings didn't change.
 
Actually the use of stiffer rubber lines has been known to crack oil tanks. So your concern is valid. It may seem harmless but I would be working hard to keep all the strain I could off that tank. Now I am sure you can get ten good people to tell you its fine but you did beg the opinion. A slight change to the tank mount system or even a little tweak to the steel line would be better than leaving it touching anything like a fender. I have been known to use rubber backed steel washers at all the fender mounting points lowering the fender a 1/16 or so if you like that idea you may gain more room that way a miss is good as a mile.
 
Actually two plates stacked together. I always wondered why they didn't just use one thicker plate.
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The horn mounting plate needs a certain amount of flexibility or it just won't work. If it's mounted too solidly the vibration just gets damped out by the mounting and all you'll hear is a dull muffled sound. (don't ask how I know that!)
Dave.
 
I have the same problem with oil lines and other critical-path components rubbing against each other. I slit heater or vacuum hose lengthwise to protect against abrasion--especially stainless-steel lines. It's amazing how much abuse the sacrificial rubber hose takes--worn flat or clean through after ten, twenty or fifty thousand miles. These engines move around.


Tim Kraakevik
kraakevik@voyager.net
Three Commandos
 
Rear Fender Issue


So I refit the oil line (heated it up with a hair dryer I keep in the garage for just this kind of stuff) and got it on better. That allowed me to get the fender on. I bought some nylon spacers which will work great. Horn is tucked away under there. Pretty much done with the fender.
 
Nylon spacers with long bolts on a motorcycle don't mix they will come loose over and over till the bolts break. Find some Aluminum ones or better yet steel.
 
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