| Author |
Message |
Vw4x4
Samba Member
Joined: May 18, 2004
Posts: 211
Location: SUNNY CALIFORNIA
|
 Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:35 am Post subject: Front bumper installation |
 |
|
| I was trying to install the front bumper and I stripped two threads in the driver's side. Any suggestion how to fix without welding it on... |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
bljones
Resident Wit
Joined: February 08, 2002
Posts: 2377
Location: ontario canada
|
| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
if it's just cross threaded, get a tap and die set and chase the threads with the right size tap. if it's really messed up, carefully drill it out and tap it one size larger, and use larger bolts.
_________________
OG JHC
Author of Original Rant #1
"It stingd itself to dead... now that is control on you"
2% |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kubelmann
Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2003
Posts: 3268
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The front bumper on a Thing basically attaches to the body with nuts that are welded on the inside of the mount. You actually have a few options to solve a stripped set of threads. The easiest and perhaps best solution is as was suggested in the last post. Get a tap of the correct size and gently rethread the nut. If that fails get a tap of the next larger size and cut those threads. If both of these fail, you can drill through and bolt the bumper through the body. This last solutiion is not an acceptable soltution for show cars or an intended perfect restoration. K-mann |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
suntour
Samba Member
Joined: November 25, 2004
Posts: 443
Location: Woodinville, WA
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| If there is enough metal left you can also use a heli-coil, that way you can still use the right size bolt if it really matters… |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
vw1968
Samba Member
Joined: July 21, 2009
Posts: 84
Location: montebello
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:54 pm Post subject: front bumper |
|
|
| does anyone know the size of the 4 bolts that hold the bumper???? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
uberautowerks
Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2005
Posts: 1600
Location: Longmont Co
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
M10x1.5 20mm long and takes a 17mm wrench
_________________
--- The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
- Douglas Adams -
---
'74 Thing (White)
'71 Single cab (White too)
'70 Weekender (White three)
'05 Evolution VIII (White also!!!)
'68 F-250 (White over black) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
74 Thing
Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2004
Posts: 7640
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
uberautowerks
Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2005
Posts: 1600
Location: Longmont Co
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Front bumper installation |
|
|
| Vw4x4 wrote: |
| Any suggestion how to fix without welding it on... |
74Thing... Those are cool but are going to require welding
_________________
--- The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
- Douglas Adams -
---
'74 Thing (White)
'71 Single cab (White too)
'70 Weekender (White three)
'05 Evolution VIII (White also!!!)
'68 F-250 (White over black) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
