Success with Front Bumper « My Beetle Restoration

Success with Front Bumper

by Garage Weasel on Sep.14, 2010, under Disassembly

Finally got around to removing the badly rusted bumper bracket bolt. I decided to just cut off the last 3/8″ or so of the bolt that was rusted and giving me so much trouble. I purchased a Gator Grit 3″ cut-off wheel and arbor from Lowe’s to do this. I figured I could use this later as well. So I tightened the nut back all the way and cut off most of the remaining threaded end of the bolt. After doing that, the nut came off easily. My first success!

Frozen bumper bracket bolt after cut-off.

Three inch cut-off wheel on drill.

Three inch cut-off wheel - angle view.

Three inch cut-off wheel - side view.

Three inch cut-off wheel - face view.

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