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@unknown
Hey Steve, I having problems with my rear fender Cracking. The crack keeps coming back and always follows the contour of the inner strut. When I bought the bike 2 years ago it had small cracks on each side. After dropping 2gs on a new paint job they came back. Just dropped another 700 to fix this time running weld bead the whole length of inner strut and reinforcing the inner back it did it again this time just on one side. Can you tell me if you have seen this before and what the fix is, or who made the fender. If that is not an option can you give me the specs I need to order a differnt one all together. Im ready to take my 357 to this MF! Aside of that I love the bike.
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@venmc
AdministratorThe fender cracking is a little bit of a few things. The 03s and early 04s came with turn signals mounted on the fender. Many were built with out adequate support behind the signals which caused the signals to vibrate and tear through the sheet metal. We had dozens of fenders returned to the factory where they were retrofitted with tabs welded to the fender strut and the fenders were repainted. This was a common “cracking” issue. Thats why we moved the signals to the swing arms.
I would add additional straps across the top of the fender (inside) to tie the two struts together. You need to stop them from moving. The vibration on the long fenders is the worst.
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