Bumper fixings

[blackadderkate]

Hi Ant,

Just discovered that the offside rear bumper on my 2005 Outlook is held on by just one bolt.

I found one of the bolts on the drive, but attempts to rebolt it have failed - it just drops straight back out again. I daren't take any of the other bolts out to see how it works, in case I can't get it back in either.

How do I reattach my bumper, and where can I get replacement fixings?

Thanks,

Ady

[Ian.C.S]

I have moved this message forward as it seems to have got bumped back without any answer from anyone.

[ant]

Hi Ady.
Sorry I missed your post, Thanks Ian for highlighting it. The bolts that hold your bumper up go into a captive thread set into the body of the van. It may be that you've lost the threaded bit too, in which case the bolt wont stay in and a replacement fixing. A temp fix would be to put a course threaded self tapper through both the bumper and body, ( somewhere near to the original fixing). The body is quite thick in that area so there should be no problem of the screw pulling out.
Thanks
Ant

[blackadderkate]

Thanks for the bump Ian, and the reply Ant. I was beginning to think no-one liked me.

The bolt that fell out does have something black still attached to it, which must be what's left of the captive thread. I suspect that the other captive threads have either corroded or fallen out, which is why the other bolts are also missing.

I did find these self-drilling plasterboard fixings which I thought might be an alternative way of replacing the captive threads, before I resort to drilling more holes in the bumper and bodywork. What do you think?

[ant]

Hi Adyb.
They'll do, use a penny washer too and you'll be fine.
Ant