front bumper....

[cougarfanboy]

Ball ache to take off or easy as pie? Tools needed and how shall I go about it?
All because I need to take off that &£%#%#&@ rusted welded in tow ring!!
Just can't get into it to turn with bumper on, and it is doing my head in.

 

[Mako]

Very easy to remove, and probably no different to any other bumper you've done before.

Beware that the studs on the wing/bumper interface plates will snap though, and the plates are no longer available to buy. You have to drill out the studs and replace them with stainless bolts.

 

[cougarfanboy]

Very easy to remove, and probably no different to any other bumper you've done before.

Beware that the studs on the wing/bumper interface plates will snap though, and the plates are no longer available to buy. You have to drill out the studs and replace them with stainless bolts.
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If a risk to breaking something I may leave it... Can't be bummed messing around sorting out a fix for a break I may cause.
To do or not to do , that is the question , be better if I could get some sort of tool in to grip the ring but give the ability to grip and turn , silly design really , they should have made the ring attachment longer due to the design of the bumper.

 

[Mako]

Not so much a risk as a certaintly, I'm afraid. These do not come out intact. It's not a great deal of work to sort them though.

 

[cougarfanboy]

Think I'll leave it for a while then , shame no one lives close to fix it for us or help us , I'm without a drill at any cost , so if I do attempt, and it is a certainty to break , then I'm without the tools(drill) to fix.
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Thanks for the info mako , saved me a headache , glad I asked here first before I took the job on.

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I'm just wondering how bolts break!? What are they made from , butter??
Pretty ridiculous that imo...
Do the bolt ends break?
Weird.
Designed to do that or is it due to age of the bolts!?

 

[Quicksilver]

If a risk to breaking something I may leave it... Can't be bummed messing around sorting out a fix for a break I may cause.
To do or not to do , that is the question , be better if I could get some sort of tool in to grip the ring but give the ability to grip and turn , silly design really , they should have made the ring attachment longer due to the design of the bumper.

Try to find yourself a cranked jack handle with a hook on the end that should fit into the ring and give you enough purchase to try and turn it.
There's one shown in this link:
http://www.road-trip-planning-time.com/fix-flat-tires.html

Or get yourself a shackle/d-ring that will fit through the eye and through the end of a length of decent sized chain.
Put an iron bar through the other end of the chain and turn it to wind-up the chain.
The chain will start to knot but it should attempt to unscrew the eye as it does so.

Either way give the eye and socket a good spray with Plusgas before you start.

 

[cougarfanboy]

Thanks mate , some good ideas there , I was thinking clip roof rack tie to top of hoop and bottom and pull from both sides... I'm sure I'll sort it, might pop to local garage see if the polish guy who owns it has the tools/tool to get into it , bang them a fiver.
Cheers.
Still perplexed to why the bolts definatley break though...

 

[Quicksilver]

..........because they are not stainless, have been fixed in situ and exposed to the elements for the best part of 15 years; the threads on the bolts are literally rusted solid to the threads in the bracket.

 

[cougarfanboy]

As suspected age/weather corrosion , darn it.
If I can find a sturdy Open steel d shackle with enough length that should be able to give me leverage , I'll Google search now.
Thanks guys.