Ironhead rear fender question

[reddevil]

hi everyone new here.great forum. i just bought my first harley 1983 xlx. will a rear fender from a 1975 fit mine?thanks in advance.i will have many more questions to follow.i dont mean to be a pain.

[5.4L to Freedom]

Originally Posted by reddevil

hi everyone new here.great forum. i just bought my first harley 1983 xlx. will a rear fender from a 1975 fit mine?thanks in advance.i will have many more questions to follow.i dont mean to be a pain.

should, everyone i've seen of the ironheads just has the 4 bolts on the chrome supports to hold it in. Even if the holes dont line up it aint hard to make new ones

[reddevil]

thank you 5.4

[83XLX]

Not without some work. In addition to the mounting bolts not lining up, the older fender is quite a bit narrower than the '82-'93 ones. I put a replacement fender on my '83 XLX, but it was one from an '89 Evo model. Bolted right up, even had the circuit breaker clips still on it. I bobbed it a little and had it painted to match. I think it looks great...

[5.4L to Freedom]

Well the only major difference I know of was the curved brackets with = new holes. However On mine those brackets move in and out, I pulled my rear fender to see if I could get a fishtail in there and the changing of the bracket nuts or the addition of washers would put it right where it needed to be.

On the fender topic, does anyone know a way to pull it out without scratching the living hell out of it?

[irnhdmike]

On the fender topic, does anyone know a way to pull it out without scratching the living hell out of it?

Leave the fender struts attached to it and take off after removal.

[5.4L to Freedom]

Originally Posted by irnhdmike

Leave the fender struts attached to it and take off after removal.

I havent gone out in the garage and looked (raining) but i dont recall seeing bolts for the fender struts. Where are they and are they hard to get too? I need to put my saddle bags back on