Rear Fender Removal

[bigb]

I need to remove my left rear fender on my TriGlide and was wondering if anyone has any tips?

 

[trikermutha]

its pretty simple from what i seen..remove the tire and then the nuts behind the fender.

 

[eagle1]

why are you removeing them? new paint?

 

[bigb]

Found a small crack on the back side of the fender so I need to remove it to have it repaired.

 

[eagle1]

when you get it off find the end of the crack & stopdrill the end with a 1/16" drill bit to prevent it from going further. then you can fill , sand & paint it.

 

[eighty80]

What year? I think the older ones were all one piece. My is a 2012 and is seperate.

When the cayote hit me, it busted up the fender, and had to get a new one. The HD changed it and only charged 1 hr. But the factory painted fender was around $700.00 I think.?

 

[bigb]

it is a 2011

 

[trikermutha]

are they not all a one piece fender???..which unbolts from the rear body of the trike..

 

[icebite1]

OOPs,

 

[icebite1]

That is correct, all TGs from first year to date have fenders that unbolt from the box.

 

[bigb]

I took my fender off today it turned into a job 4 of the 6 Torx Bolts were stripped when they were installed at the factory so I ended up using a cut off wheel and cut them off.

 

[trikermutha]

I took my fender off today it turned into a job 4 of the 6 Torx Bolts were stripped when they were installed at the factory so I ended up using a cut off wheel and cut them off.

sounds like you got the hard part over..sorry to hear about the stripped bolts..

 

[wmencer]

does anyone know what size torq tip they are

 

[JJHog]

I took my fender off today it turned into a job 4 of the 6 Torx Bolts were stripped when they were installed at the factory so I ended up using a cut off wheel and cut them off.

Are you sure they weren't tamper proof torx bolts?