Front bumper bolts snapped x2 :( repair tips

Discussion in 'Mech Tech' started by chancee, Mar 15, 2014.

  1. Is there an easy fix to repair snapped front bumper mounting bolts. At some point someone has snapped them off - when you put your finger through the hole where the bolt goes there seems to be no nut. It's been like it since I got the van.
    Is there an easier repair than cutting it and letting in a section of metal with a nut welded in place?
    Thanks guys
    Elizabeth
     
  2. Depending on the size of the hole thats left, a rivnut tool and a couple of rivnuts should sort it?
     
  3. davidoft

    davidoft Sponsor

    if your careful, you can make the hole slightly larger and weld a nut in from the outside, get a long bolt, put a nut on the end, open the bumper hole up, put the nut inside the panel and pull it up against the inner face with the bolt and weld it on
     

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