how to straighten your busses bumper

[vwuguy]

as it says erb shows you how he straighten a bumper back to useable shape
comments appreciated

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[alman72]

sadly, I did something similar. before paint.

[Xevin]

Any reason not to use some heat from a torch to make it more pliable?
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[vwuguy]

a\ torch , that seems like a good idea, although its freezing outside might not work rt..

after this i put it on a vice to straighten it out and press if available
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[hazetguy]

"not goinna go all the way with this bumper" now that is some comedy right there.

a more apropos title might be 'how to turn a mangled, rusty, unsafe bumper into a differently shaped mangled, rusty, unsafe bumper'. not sure the word "straighten" can be applied to this situation.

i enjoyed the claw hammer "dollying". the axle nut leverage point is _____________ (fill in the blank).

[vwuguy]

in reply to: "a more apropos title might be 'how to turn a mangled, rusty, unsafe bumper into a differently shaped mangled, rusty, unsafe bumper'. not sure the word "straighten" can be applied to this situation."

I completely disagree with you..

first off at least it is not a repop you touch a repop with your foot lightly and it gets dented.
A 5 pd sledge hammer would destroy a repro bumper..
test to see if its a german bumper use a 5 pd sledge hammer on it.

I did straighten that bumper out, its fairly straight once i get to welding in the patches on it and grinding and painting it . it will be like new..considering i was hitting that original with a 5 pd sledge hammer and it hardly dented it thats a pretty safe bumper once i have some 1/4 steel mounts welded onto it. it is going to be safe you'll see..

the bumper is straight not dragging against the ground anymore..now i gotta get the bus running again lets see how far i get on this bus..
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[vwuguy]

do you think people need a video on how to grind , weld repair, sand ,prep and paint a bumper?
i am pretty sure most folks have done that before..
how about you show me how to do it..I can bring the bumper over to your place to make that video.
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[richparker]

What's a 5 pd sludge?
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[vwuguy]

small sludge hammer for chipping masonry
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[richparker]

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[richparker]

Oh, you mean a sledgehammer.


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[mikedjames]

I have just been doing similar to a less rusty late Bay bumper. And then welding up the thin bits.

The original bumpers are made out of 1.6mm/ 1/16" steel they are quite hard to bend, or straighten.

My bumpers suffered where the bumper brackets were packed solid with mud for years.
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[vwuguy]

i am lmao off at the sledgehammer video and other comments ok lets do this i'll drive there if your paying gas ..to go there and back..could we all just met up at a show to do so,..
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[alman72]

I will hold the beer

[consvws]

sludge hammer, for pounding on shit bumpers ya know...

[Wildthings]

I hear they have come up with a new thing called editing so you can take a 25 minute video and cut it down to maybe three minutes or so.

[airschooled]

Guys, don't make me do another cross-country trip to witness this. I won't want to replace another fan belt and camshaft.