Repairing SKS mudguards.

skinnydog

Has anyone tried "welding" the actual mudguard part of these fenders? I have two sets that have cracked and can't see any reason why I can't cobble together both broken sets and make a new one. Just wondering if anyone has any off the shelf product - either pipe weld or anything else ?? I know its a bit of a tight arse thing to do, but I'm fed up of spending money time and time again on plastic SKS mudguards that last less than a year.

Still got a set of Salmon aluminium profile mudguards on a light tourer that are 25 years old, and going strong. Think they went bust though, coz you only ever bought one set. !

ugo.santalucia

Enjoy

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6wheels

skinnydog wrote:

Has anyone tried "welding" the actual mudguard part of these fenders? I have two sets that have cracked and can't see any reason why I can't cobble together both broken sets and make a new one. Just wondering if anyone has any off the shelf product - either pipe weld or anything else ?? I know its a bit of a tight ars* thing to do, but I'm fed up of spending money time and time again on plastic SKS mudguards that last less than a year.

Still got a set of Salmon aluminium profile mudguards on a light tourer that are 25 years old, and going strong. Think they went bust though, coz you only ever bought one set. !

Find someone with a pop rivet gun , overlap with a bit of Araldite inbetween and rivet( after drilling two holes). Or you could use a couple of M3 bolts.

daniel_b

My Marin, which is now in Mauritius, I effected two repairs on, both using parts of another mudguard.

I sandwiched the two parts together, glued them, and also drilled a few holes and secured with a nut and bolt. Forget the techy name, but I used the bolts with the blue stuff to stop them coming undone with vibration.
As the bit underneath included the metal hoop that gets bolted to the rear stay, I dremelled a slot in the bit helping the repair, so it could slot through.
Check clearance to the tyre is ok, you can always adjust the mudguard stays (if they have capacity) to enlargen the gap.

It does of course make the bike slightly heavier, and it's a bit unsightly, but if it's on a winter/working bike, don't see the issue myself :-)

skinnydog

Thanks gents.
Araldite and bolts it is.

pinno

Here it is - your one stop shop for adapting SKS mudguards, courtesy of Fudgey and me:

viewtopic.php?f=40004&t=13000690&hilit=rivets+sks+mudguards&start=20#p19264258

fudgey

What Pinno said