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FITTING FENDERS TO YOUR TIRES |
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Purchased my fenders from Tex Trail trailer parts (Link below) |
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| My rear tires are 10 inches wide so I purchased the 10-3/4" x 36" Single Round Fender, however, I should have ordered the 10-3/4" x 32" Single Round Fender instead as I had to resize it to 25". I also purchased the Radiused Single Fender Back for each fender. | |||
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As I was not experienced in sizing the fenders to fit the tires I went over to my friend Dwight Timm's house and he showed me how to do it. (He's a real smart a-- whoops I mean a smart guy) So I have created this "How to resize your fenders to fit your tires" page on the site for those of you who have never done this before. This is Dwight's trike. |
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| He began by measuring the tire to size the fender came to 25". He then made 6 equal measurements on the fender (both sides) then taking up a hacksaw he cut small "V"s with the end of the cut coming to the flat of the fender. | |||
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After the cuts were made he took a wood clamp and placed it on the fender and pulled it in to 25" and then clamped a piece of thick copper behind each "V" and spot welded the "V" cuts. ( The copper keeps the weld contained within the "V") and we have a 25" inch radius fender. Used this type of clamp....
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The next day I returned to my garage and began to fill in the gaps left when the "V"s were cut. Again I used a small, but thick piece of copper to keep the weld contained within the "V". I did this on both sides of the fender. Then ground the welds even with the outside of the fender. I left some weld on the inside so the weld would not be too thin. |
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I then measured the back plates to the fender and cut them to size. I had to cut some of the bottom to fit my trike. This may be different sizes for your trikes. Use a plywood backing, clamping the plate to it so that it will cut without vibration. |
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Cutting the radius |
Cutting to length |
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And of course, we all know what comes next. Yep, welding the back plate to the fender. Then grinding the welds to fit. |
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Now all you need do is drill the holes for the mounts and make a re-enforcement for the backs |
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New Fenders |
Backing installed, holes drilled for mounts |
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Installed on trike, |
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