Repair rubber bumper screws?, or am I screwed??? |
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Repair rubber bumper screws?, or am I screwed??? |
tadink |
May 21 2017, 01:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 379 Joined: 28-December 09 From: Napa Member No.: 11,181 Region Association: Northern California |
Having sold a rubber bumper top (that is otherwise in very nice condition) I was in the process of removing it from my chrome bumper.
It is held on by a number of bolts embedded in the rubber - and as luck would have it, the bolts and broke off before the nut would move (having rusted itself securely to the bolt!) so - the question: how can you repair and modify the embedded bolts / plugs so that the rubber bumper top can be affixed to a new chrome bumper?? As the pix show - I have 1 bolt remaining, 4 that have sheared off, and one where the 'plug' in the bumper has disintegrated. The missing plug gives me the most hope, as I'm sure one might be able to remove the other 'plugs' and reconfigure something that would hold the bolt. Thoughts or suggestions? tom |
gereed75 |
Jun 6 2017, 12:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 15,674 Region Association: North East States |
A while back I did a top repair with black 3M Marine 5200. Thread -
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=240803&hl= It worked like a champ. The adhesion to the old rubber is incredible. So good that I think it could be used to hold new studs in place. You will have to clean out the old ones and build a new nut plate and locate it carefully, but I suspect that with some perseverance it will work. |
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