FOX 32 Front Fork Mud Guard

BOM:

• 2x M3x12mm Button Head Screws

MODEL BACKGROUND:

FOXRacing used to ( or perhaps still does? ) sell purpose made Front Fork Fenders that would match the geometry of the Bridge connecting the Lowers - Just not for the Size / Model I had so for the longest time I've been using a cheap mudflap.

Now owning a 3D Scanner I was finally able to make a formfitting Model that would match the complex Geometry of my Fork and with the help of some vintage Filamentum 98A TPU I still had lying around 🤣

PRINTING ( suggestions ):

• TPU as the Material - Everything else will most likely shatter / tear off at the slightest inconvenience

• 0.6mm Nozzle

• 100% Line Width

• 0.3mm Layer Height

• 3x Perimeters

• 20% Infill

• 3mm³/s Volumetric Speed

• High Part Cooling ( 80% on CPAP )

• Avoid Crossing Walls ( to reduce Stringing ):
  

The Model comes pre-aligned and with built in Supports ( marked in blue ) to print the Model at an somewhat printable Angle which will later have to be cut off using Side Cutters and / or a Knife:

After some failed attempts due to the edges on the side Flaps near the Build Plate either curling up or down I found that printing with a 0.3mm Layer Height ( instead of the default 0.2mm or lower 0.1mm ) would finally get me somewhere.

Also don't forget to adjust the Tension of your Extruder to improve the grip onto the TPU.

INSTALLATION:

Installation is done via two M3x12 Button Head Screws that go into the roughly 40mm spaced apart Holes in the Back of the Fork Bridge ( consider either using low / med strength Loctite or Nail Polish to secure them ):