Married2Allis
Well-known Member
These 00/50/55 series fenders are not fun to repair. Sure wish I had rust-free fenders.
The way they are designed moisture gets trapped inside the channels and just rots out the sheet metal around the mounting holes. My 1650 had a small garden growing at the bottom of the channels at the axle were soil had accumulated.
Seems the best I can do is cut open the channels to remove the rotted metal, clean up the surrounding rust and weld in new metal. Not possible to get the rust out of the entire channel pieces, so I am drilling vent holes at the top and then soak them with penetrating oil. That's my redneck repair solution.
The way they are designed moisture gets trapped inside the channels and just rots out the sheet metal around the mounting holes. My 1650 had a small garden growing at the bottom of the channels at the axle were soil had accumulated.
Seems the best I can do is cut open the channels to remove the rotted metal, clean up the surrounding rust and weld in new metal. Not possible to get the rust out of the entire channel pieces, so I am drilling vent holes at the top and then soak them with penetrating oil. That's my redneck repair solution.