Daniel,
I've got a tap & die set that has a tool to measure the threads. You just
lay each one against your bolt or nut until you have a match and then read
the spec. Then it's off to a place to buy the right bolts. Best way to fix
the old brackets is to lay them in a heavy vise and tighten. That'll
straighten them out good enough to fit your bumpers. I'll come over later
on.
Fred
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Subject: bumper bracket captured nut type???
Author: Daniel Neuman <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
Date: 7/11/2001 3:57 PM
Hello All,
Well I am going to try to install my bumpers soon.. The thing is I can
tnot tell what the pitch and diameter of the captured nuts on the frame to
bumper bracket mounts are?? The bolts that were in there ar not right..they
are almost right but I can tell from looking at them ahthat they were shaved
a bit going in.
I also can not tell what the nuts are that are on the inner bumpers.that
the mount bolt too. It appears to be some kind of weird metric course thread..
maybe M9 or something?? Its not 3/8 16 or 3/8-24.....
Also any advice on how to go about doing this?? The old bumper brackets
are pretty beat up and I am going to have to tweak them a bit to get them to
fit the new straight bumper.
Daniel 69 2000
SF CA
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