Cracked weld on fender mount

[SethO]

So I am tearing through the first lizards butt run of the year and look at my left tire and it looks like it going to fall off at "speed" and when I get a closer look I see the front mount weld cracked and broke, I hit a deer last year and bent it back but it was not crack, not a huge deal I have a machinist working out of my garage, just wondering if anyone has had this happen??

I will get a pic up .

 

[RoadHammer]

hasnt happened to me, but im tempted to say the deer had something to do with it

fenders slow you down anyways.....

 

[bone crusher]

Makes sense...you damage it and continued riding with vibration and wind resistance will certainly make it worse...

 

[bjt]

Makes sense...you damage it and continued riding with vibration and wind resistance will certainly make it worse...

+1. If it was bent and you just had it bent back, the metal was stressed and prime for cracking.

 

[SethO]

Makes sense...you damage it and continued riding with vibration and wind resistance will certainly make it worse...

well yeah it was damaged, got it welded back into place, the bounce around quite a bit so I was seeing if anyone else had an issue, I suppose not too many people have hit a deer and did the work themselves to fix it.