How in the world do you remove the front bumper??

[USMCBay]

I was going to do what I thought would be an easy task and maybe it is but how do you get to the bolts that are between the bumper itself and the radiator?

There is no room there to get in??



I know it can be done... what am I not seeing?? :--)



Please help??

 

[wyosteve]

This is easier to do than try to explain. First of all, you don't need to remove bolts from the bumper. As you are under the truck, look at the frame. The bumper is attached to the truck frame on each side by three bolts kinda in a triangular fashion. Remove the 3 bolts from each side. Then the bumper also has a brace on each side. Remove the bolt holding the brace from the frame and slide the bumper off. About a 10 min. job with air tools. Hope you can understand these directions. Like I said it's easier to do than to explain how to do it.

 

[USMCBay]

Gotcha !!

Thanks !!

Knew I wasn't looking in the right spot. Plus I was rushed to be at a wedding @ "2" !!! So who wouldnt want to stop the project to go to a wedding !!!!:--)

 

[bighammer]

... . or may I suggest a HEAVY chain and a big oak tree. :-laf

 

[Cowboy Medic]

I used a deer followed by a guard rail, of course the ice on the road at the time helped as well.

 

[BV]

Bumper removal

Just let the significant other drive it

 

[DKayser]

Bumper R&R

Any bumper that I can pop dings out of with a rubber mallet should not be hard to remove! What a joke! A welder friend is going to build me a REAL bumper. Will make pix available when done. He is making pattern to sell finished units if interest is there. Don. :--)

 

[lmills]

Re: Bumper R&R

Originally posted by DKayser

Any bumper that I can pop dings out of with a rubber mallet should not be hard to remove! What a joke! A welder friend is going to build me a REAL bumper. Will make pix available when done. He is making pattern to sell finished units if interest is there. Don. :--)

I will have to try that to remove my ding