My front wheel has been on and off many times and I've not found a reason to remove that fender.
Mine was off to install a fender extender!
Try a set of long needle-nose, why you need to take off the fender?
I take my fender off to take the wheel off. Personal preference, nothing more.
Put some rags between the fender and the forks on both sides. Remove the reflector bolts on both sides then the fender bolts. Slide the fender up to make more room to get at the clips from behind (carefull to not scratch fender). The clips sit in sort of a groove slide a 6mm socket up there on the end of your finger put over the clip points wiggle and wahlah out they come total time maybe 10 minutes for thw whole operation.Excellent advice about the 6mm socket. I did this yesterday to install a fenda extenda and had the fender off in minutes.
I never put my clips back...Wise man. The clips cause serious problems if your fender ever falls off and gets run over by your front wheel.
Wise man. The clips cause serious problems if your fender ever falls off and gets run over by your front wheel.
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