Date:         Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:35:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Front bumper removal conundrum
Comments: To: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
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Fiberglass? steel? They mount differently.

Jim

> On Jun 18, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I didn't get any suggestions on removing my front bumper, so I'm asking
> again, separately from the other questions, so here it is:
>
> The two bolts on the rear bumper and one of them on the front, are 13mm
> bolts and came off easily. The second bolt on the front bumper is a 14mm
> bolt and won't come off at all. It feels like there was a welded nut inside
> the bumper that has come loose and there doesn't seem to be any way to get
> to it to remove the bumper, or tighten it back up for that matter.
>
> So, this time I'll ask some more specific questions:
> 1) Do you all know if there are welded on nuts inside the part of the body
> to which the front bumper attaches?
> 2) If so, and if the welds break and the nut turns free, do you know of a
> way to get to it to hold it still and remove the bolt?
> 3) If all this can be done, how would you put it back together?
>
> Thanks,
> Marc Perdue