When I did my bumpers, those bolt-like things in the blocks seized up too.
Eventually with a lot of WD-40 and liquid wrench, i took the whole unit out,
and with a lot of effort screwed and unscrewed them. It was getting hot at
this point. The threads looked fine, but i had to basically exercize the 2
parts for a while before I could use them again.
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 23:45:00 -0700
From: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: Rubber bumper guards
I just finished writing an answer to this and my computer hung just before I
finished. So, I writing again.
I just did this last week on one that I was trying to take off but it was
seized. I had to cut off the bolt with an air powered angle grinder and it
released. The upper bolt doesn't actually move - as far as I could tell.
Anyway I cut out the old captive nut and dug it out. I chose a large bodied
bolt / washer and two nuts combo of the same thread size as original. I
loosely threaded a nut then washer then another nut onto the bolt and
wrapped the threads a little with masking tape. Then made up a batch of
'JB-Weld'* and potted the nut-combo into the rubber pocket, filling it up.
It set up in less than an hour and is hard as a rock. Next day I removed
the bolt and it works great. Its only visible on the very bottom so nobody
can tell. Thats the best I could think of.
* JB weld is a 2 part epoxy type mixture that comes in two tubes. Its super
hard when set up and doesn't shrink. Regular epoxy would probably work well
too.
Peter S
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