Big bumper bolt removal without tears

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Big bumper bolt removal without tears

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I while ago I bought a grp front bumper with rotten brackets. To get it off the van one had been cut near the body, the other was weetabix. I didnt even try and undo them for fear of cracking the bumper or ripping the inserts out.
I gave them a good dose of penetrating oil and hung the bumper up for a few months while I though about it...
Simple solution: take 1.7m of 25mm square ERW, cut ends to 25 degrees and securely tack weld to remains of both brackets. Hold the tube in a vice. Undo bolts. Fiddle the tube out of the bumper. 4/4 success :D
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PS watch out for burning paint on the brackets ;)
1985 Oettinger 3.2 Caravelle RHD syncro twin slider. SA Microbus bumpers, duplex winch system, ARC 7X15 period alloys
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Re: Big bumper bolt removal without tears

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Top tastic tip!
Why would the glass be anything other than half full?

'89 panel van, 1.9 DG.
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