Originally Posted by
MichaelW
Your photos dont show the problem.
Take them again from better angles and use daylight (shade or cloudy) for more even illumination. Flash suck when photographing metal.
You can see it best on the drive side...there is essentially a gap between the rack (the vertical black bar) and the eyelet. It's small, but noticeable, and is caused by the rack running into the frame (the bolt can't be tightened any further)
Originally Posted by
unterhausen
it's hard to see what's going on with the non-drive side at that angle, but it doesn't look like you have any issues that couldn't be resolved with spacers/washers/longer bolts. I had my fenders and racks mounted on a single set of eyelets on a bike I just took apart. I used fender washers and nuts on the longer bolt to keep everything tight. Worked pretty well. One thing that worked was to put a long bolt on from the inside and then hold the fenders and rack on with nuts.
If this is the case then that's fine. I was just under the impression that you don't want the rack located far from the eyelet (just since this is the point that's carrying most of the weight and the further you get from the eyelet the more stress you're putting on the bolt). If this isn't a major concern then what you said is absolutely correct and it's an easy solution.