alloy rear mudguards (again....)
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There is a set of notes on altering radius of mudguards in technical help on Vincent spares website
As has been said before Vincent employed fitters on the assembly line.
As has been said before Vincent employed fitters on the assembly line.
I recently fitted a new stainless steel front mudguard to my Rapide. I wanted to have the guard closer to the tyre so I needed to reduce the mudguard radius. The advice in the Mudguards.pdf works well but I found spreading the sides very difficult as stainless is stronger and much stiffer than aluminium.
I eventually used a piece of wood a little wider than the internal mudguard width and maybe an inch or so thick. I put the guard on its back on a piece of old carpet and put the piece of wood in at a bit of an angle then twisted it square to the sides. Starting at one end I knocked the wood along the inside of the guard to the other end. I did this a few times and checked the radius after each pass. This didn't put any marks in the guard.
Depending on how much you need to adjust the radius you might put a slow taper on the width of the wood so that you could knock it deeper into the guard for each pass.
I eventually used a piece of wood a little wider than the internal mudguard width and maybe an inch or so thick. I put the guard on its back on a piece of old carpet and put the piece of wood in at a bit of an angle then twisted it square to the sides. Starting at one end I knocked the wood along the inside of the guard to the other end. I did this a few times and checked the radius after each pass. This didn't put any marks in the guard.
Depending on how much you need to adjust the radius you might put a slow taper on the width of the wood so that you could knock it deeper into the guard for each pass.