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sagging rear bumper 200 1986

posted by  someone claiming to be jenkins on  Wed Feb 4 06:39 CST 2004 [RELATED]

I've experienced this on my '86 and '88. Basically, the problem is that the bumper is aluminum and the mounting plates (attached to the hydraulic absorber) are steel. Over time, galvanic corrosion rots the aluminum.

The cheap fix is this: the bumper attaches to the mounting plate with 3 bolts. The mounting plate has an unused 4th bolt hole. Drill a new hole in the bumper to align with this 4th hole. Then fasten with a new nut and bolt. Good luck.

-dave






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New sagging rear bumper
posted by  jlp  on Tue Feb 3 10:48 CST 2004 >


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