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| DennisV |
  Nov 27 2025, 09:31 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 792 Joined: 8-August 20 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 24,575 Region Association: Northern California 
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Has anyone had success repairing / replacing a broken stud in the front bumper top molding? One of the studs snapped off during disassembly, despite several soakings in Sea Foam. Best I can tell these are molded into the rubber. I can't think of a way to remove the remaining stud without making things worse. I could of course melt it out, but then I have no way to set a new stud. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
 I realize new ones are available for sale. This one is in quite good shape with the exception of that stud. Seems a shame to trash it. Especially when the new ones are hundreds of dollars. |
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| IronHillRestorations |
Nov 27 2025, 09:52 AM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,893 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None
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You might try drilling it out and tapping it, then epoxy a stud. I’ve seen sheet metal screws used as well.
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| DennisV |
Nov 27 2025, 10:08 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 792 Joined: 8-August 20 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 24,575 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(IronHillRestorations @ Nov 27 2025, 07:52 AM)  You might try drilling it out and tapping it, then epoxy a stud. I’ve seen sheet metal screws used as well. I didn't realize you could tap rubber. Is there an epoxy you've had good luck with? Most of my attempts to bond plastics with any amount of stress applied seem to fail. I see JB Weld has SuperWeld Extreme that claims it will work on rubber. |
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DennisV Front Bumper Top Molding Stud Repair Nov 27 2025, 09:31 AM
FlacaProductions I successfully used JB Weld years ago to place a s... Nov 27 2025, 10:40 AM
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I successfully used JB Weld years ago to place a ... Nov 27 2025, 12:30 PM Artfrombama I suggest bonding the rubber to the bumper with pa... Nov 27 2025, 10:54 AM 914Sixer Stud was in a metal washer. Can be drilled and ta... Nov 27 2025, 12:58 PM |
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