I'm using an eastwood fender roller to roll my rear fenders. However, I can't seem to adjust the roller to fit anywhere near parallel with the lip.

The roller is pretty much perpendicular with the lip so I'm basically just cutting into the roller with the edge of the lip.

I've searched everywhere and it seems like nobody has this problem..???

I know it might be confusing but it's kind of hard to explain.. I'll try to snap pictures if nobody gets what i'm talking about.

thanks.

 

you gotta go in small increments. I have the eastwood roller and it works great, you just gotta go slow to make sure you don't crack the metal or paint, keep heating it up with a heat gun. there's an adjustment to reach further up with the arm and that's what you have to do after you've gotten past a certain point. the further you extend the the arm the flatter you'll be able to bend the fender lip. the ones I've done I've gotten to where they're flat against the inside of the fender without cracking anything, just takes time.

 

Thanks for the reply...

But man.. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I'll go take some pictures right now to show you what I'm talking about.

 

Okay, here are some pictures to better explain my problem:

Notice how perpendicular the roller is to the fender lip. If I apply any pressure, the lip will just cut into the roller. (these pictures are of the roller adjusted as low as possible and mounted on the hub)





Here are pictures of how it "should" be rolled. It has less of a 90 degree angle with the fender. If it were like this, I would be able to roll it easily. (these pics are with me holding the roller. It's not actually mounted. It would be impossible for me to get a rolling angle like this if it were to be mounted on the hub)

What am I doing wrong?

 

at first you have to get the edge up, then you can work it flatter and flatter. I try to keep the roller at about a 45 degree angle at first, then you can work it flatter. I keep the edge pretty warm with the heat gun to the touch to keep from cracking anything.

 

The problem was that I couldn't get it at a 45 degree angle... That picture shows as far as I can adjusted. Pretty much at 90.

Out of frustration, I just forced it from the edges and it rolled just fine. Now I'm on my fronts. I pulled some of the fender liner behind the tabs and rolled those...is this what everybody else does? Do you guys cut the fender liner at all?

 

I put it above the tabs, like you.

 

looks like the arm is extended out too far. make it shorter and you'll be able to put the wheel at a 45* to the lip.

 

The arm is completely shortened.

 

take a pic of the entire assembly...

 

is there a different version of the eastwood fender roller? Mine doesn't an orange **** like others.

 

If you have suspension where there is'nt much droop or sagging then its going to be hard to make the fender roller work on the front. I had the same problem on my 02 with Apexi N1's om it. I was really low and the roller wouldnt fit under my fender.

 

here's mine

 

mine looks like what rice4life posted. the only other thing I just remembered is that you could be in the wrong pivot point, that'll effect how far the arm reaches. there's a pin you can pull out to pick between the two different pivot points, wrong one and it'll be harder to line it up the way you want.

 

 

I just noticed my pin that holds the arm is on the top and rice4life is on the bottom... hmmm...


edit- nvm.. i just switched to the lower one and it hardly makes a difference.


rice4life - did you roll your fenders at that angle? That's still pretty perpendicular to lip. I know its not impossible to roll it like that since I rolled my passenger side. It's just that I think it allow for a bigger chance of damaging the fender.

 

i didn't roll mine at that angle. i just mounted and took a picture. as you can see, the arm on mine can go down about 2 more inches.

did you jack both rear wheels off the ground? if you only jacked up the side that you're working on, then the weight will transfer to the other side and compress the suspension and since both rear wheels are connected by the sway bar, it will prevent the side that's jacked up to drop completely.

you can also use a block of wood and gently tap the lip to get it started and you'll have a better angle to work with.

 

when I rolled mine I only took off one tire at a time but that's a good point with the sway bar. if you just need the hub to go lower then lift the whole rear off the ground like rice4life mentioned.