I don’t have the kind of money a lot of you guys have, and this wasn’t new, but it was new for me. I actually fabricated it and I’m thinking of patenting it and marketing it.
It’s a bowed fender adjustment tool, actually kit.
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Some of you may think I just grabbed a couple of 2x4s from the scrap pile, but that’s not true. I did a precision measurement of the bottom of the fender where it attaches to the frame with a piece of string that was just laying there, and then I picked the next shortest 2 x 4 for the impact surface. Then I selected a 2 x 4 handle of sufficient length that I wouldn’t smash my knuckles like usual.
I selected two screws from my potato salad container that would be long enough to attach the two pieces firmly, but short enough that I could bury the head so I wouldn’t scratch my rustoleum paintjob.
I put a kitchen rug that I use as a fender protector on the ground, knelt down on one knee, applied the tool to the bottom of the fender, and then smashed it a few times with a number eight adjustment tool*. Just like a framing nail, two good hits, and then one to get the precision set.
What do you think?
Before:
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After seconds of precision adjustment:
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* You may have noticed the number 8 adjustment tool has a custom handle. It’s not just vinyl electrical tape. It’s carefully applied dollar store duct tape, covered with electrical tape. After cutting the handle down a couple times where it was broken by the head, the last break wasn’t too bad so I used this custom coating method that also helps the stability. The soft and gripping handle also keeps the 16 penny nails in the top from flying out randomly. I can do a separate post on this if you guys need more detail.
(in all honesty, I can’t take credit for the modifications. I got it that way. I would have used friction tape.)