Rubber Bumpers - My Way
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Morning all
This has probably been done to death but I thought I would chip in.
The rear drivers side bumper decided to come away last week with the screws rusted away, below shows the re-attachment last night which was surprisingly simple (~1hr) and should last another 24 years.
The remains of the steel insert which was contained within the D section of the rubber.
Some Appropriate bits of Low Grade Stainless aquired from the scrap bin at work and cut to size (2 off 43x300).
Just checking they fit!
Holes marked using bumper as a template and then drilled to 9.5mm
M6 'Hank' Bushes I happened to find lying about
these are hammer rivet bushes and very useful.
The holes in the fibreglass opened up.
I am then missing some pics as I got engrossed in the build but the riveted plates were difficult to locate and line up (even though then were full width) when trying to fit through the body and the rubber with one arm in the boot.
I used a small self tapper through the rubber into the plate to locate the plate in the bumper (See pic below). This could be done on the bench with the fastening bolts in to ensure it lined up. I also put some sealant around the holes before fastening the bumper down.
All refitted using M6x30mm 304 Stainless Steel Bolts with some threadlock.
I hope you could follow this and it is helpful to someone, any good fab shop should have the hank bushes. The question is do I do the other three?
Andy
This has probably been done to death but I thought I would chip in.
The rear drivers side bumper decided to come away last week with the screws rusted away, below shows the re-attachment last night which was surprisingly simple (~1hr) and should last another 24 years.
The remains of the steel insert which was contained within the D section of the rubber.
Some Appropriate bits of Low Grade Stainless aquired from the scrap bin at work and cut to size (2 off 43x300).
Just checking they fit!
Holes marked using bumper as a template and then drilled to 9.5mm
M6 'Hank' Bushes I happened to find lying about
these are hammer rivet bushes and very useful.The holes in the fibreglass opened up.
I am then missing some pics as I got engrossed in the build but the riveted plates were difficult to locate and line up (even though then were full width) when trying to fit through the body and the rubber with one arm in the boot.
I used a small self tapper through the rubber into the plate to locate the plate in the bumper (See pic below). This could be done on the bench with the fastening bolts in to ensure it lined up. I also put some sealant around the holes before fastening the bumper down.
All refitted using M6x30mm 304 Stainless Steel Bolts with some threadlock.
I hope you could follow this and it is helpful to someone, any good fab shop should have the hank bushes. The question is do I do the other three?
Andy
Just done the drivers side front rubber insert. Going to the local TVR meet notice the insert sticking out from the body, got a local fab shop to form two inserts from drawing and drill two holes one hole was elongated to ease location.
It was a bas**d to fix on my own ended up using timber batten off the garage wall to hold the thing in place whilst the bolt was located through the body. Wish i could have gone in through boot like you.
Cheers Tom
It was a bas**d to fix on my own ended up using timber batten off the garage wall to hold the thing in place whilst the bolt was located through the body. Wish i could have gone in through boot like you.
Cheers Tom
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