I checked out my Jeep's build sheet recently, and it came with front bumper hooks installed. Somebody took them off. Any ideas why? Doesn't really bother me just wondering.
Why would someone take my front bumper hooks off?
- Thread starter mattyice2
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I'd be more bothered by them using bolts with the wrong thread pitch to hold the bumper on. All 6 bolts that go into the bumper, 2 on top on each side and 1 on the bottom on each side are 1/2-13 diameter and pitch. There are no metric equivalents.
Everything is equivalent with a big enough impact.
I wonder if at this point it'd be easier to rethread for the metric size or clean up the threads to go back to sae?
maybe they didn't have any loctite or lock washers !
That's a bit rough since 12mm is pretty small to try and get to lock in and 14mm won't even start in the hole.
Maybe they wanted to sit on the bumper without getting penetrated...
grind them to a point and use a big impact ! might even need a cheater pipe on a breaker bar !
#1 Dealer hack job.#2 Removed to save weight and fuel economy. #3 torn off by FJ40 after jeep got stuck..ha,ha,ha...
Previous owner ran a better aftermarket bumper and took it off and installed the stocker before selling?
OP