400 Tire Changes and those Oddly-Shaped Fenders

manyman297

I did a "simulated" tire change in my driveway just to see how difficult it would be. Now I knew about the weirdly small fenders and foresaw how difficult it might be to change a tire but why are they like this? I'm assuming it's just a carryover part from the non-boondock model but why not make it match the 320 boondocks fenders and the diameter of the larger boondock wheel? It's not hard to get the tire back on but it's difficult to take it off. Just an observation.

falcon1970

I have discovered that rotating the tire slightly to the rear of the wheel well gives enough room to move the bottom of the tire far enough out of the wheel well to allow you to get the tire out.

manyman297

I did similar when mounting the tire. I angled the tire in and it gave me enough clearance to get past the fenders. Which they’d just redesign it. It looks and functions oddly. 

JeffroNC

One you put the Goodyear Endurance tires on, they are easy to remove with the fender in place. :-)