Rollin20z
TJ Enthusiast
Finally finished doing HF rubber mallet spare tire bumper fix. Originally got 4 and did them all up and then somehow overlooked 5th one until I took tire off to replace them. But 5th one got ,done and installed. no more sporadic squeak from tailgate on bumps.
Measure gap from tire to gate added 1/4" for sqoosh
Cut hammer heads
Cut off handles
Drilled 1/2" center bolt recess hole
drilled 3/16 bolt thru hole
.
sanded seam line on hammer head to smoothen out a little
added light coat of plasti dip to blend from sanding and seal handle wood still in head
added 6mm bolts and installed. Yes, got rid of the torx screws even though these are probably the easiest ones on the whole jeep to mess with.
baam a lam done.
Measure gap from tire to gate added 1/4" for sqoosh
Cut hammer heads
Cut off handles
Drilled 1/2" center bolt recess hole
drilled 3/16 bolt thru hole
sanded seam line on hammer head to smoothen out a little
added light coat of plasti dip to blend from sanding and seal handle wood still in head
added 6mm bolts and installed. Yes, got rid of the torx screws even though these are probably the easiest ones on the whole jeep to mess with.
baam a lam done.
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