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Old 12-17-2014, 04:08 PM   #1
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Flapping fenders!!

I got fed up with my fenders flapping while traveling, so here's my fix, it didn't stop it completely, but I'm very satisfied with the results.
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I didn't even use an Iphone & still posted sideways???
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Nice job
Did you use stainless brackets?
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Looks like a new project for me


My fenders look like they are waving at somebody going down the road.
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Old 12-17-2014, 04:32 PM   #5
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I didn't even use an Iphone & still posted sideways???
hahahaha!


Nice job! Looks like a nice fix.
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Old 12-17-2014, 05:16 PM   #6
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On mine the flapping fenders were due to the sheet metal screws loosening up. I replaced them with 1/4" bolts and nuts (I think that's the right size) and the problem seems to be gone now.
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I got fed up with my fenders flapping while traveling, so here's my fix, it didn't stop it completely, but I'm very satisfied with the results.
Danny,

Looks like you did a super job on that. The Redwood Factory Service Center (then at Syracuse, IN plant) installed a nearly identical fix when I took our coach in for its first annual inspection in the fall of 2012. This past September, I took the coach in to the Crossroads Factory Service Center at Topeka, IN. I had noticed that one of the screw holes on the curbside fender had cracked through to the edge (actually I think that had occurred before the bracing was added previously). I ask them about it and they decided to replace the entire fender (no charge). Love the factory service center.......hope I can keep using them for my work. Guess I will find out this next year when I try to schedule again.

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I didn't even use an Iphone & still posted sideways???
I just got a crook in my neck! Nice job.
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Didn't they used to make a computer monitor that you could pivot 90 degrees! That would be nice for the forum
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Shane, no the brackets are not stainless just the bolts. My plastic little fenders were starting to crack at some of the screws so I took them off & reinforced each hole with JB Weld, worked well.
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I have one plastic screw hole on the fender that is cracked. Are you using regular JR weld or do they have a plastic version
Been years since I used it. I have to build a bracket for the curbside front of the fender. The rest of the fender and the other side have enough reinforcement that they don't flap in the wind
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I used JB Kwik cause cures really quick.
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nice ryhme
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