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Mar 30, 2016 | 09:03 PM

1984_IH6.9_Project

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Brush guard help

I have a 1984 F-250 that I'm going to put a brush guard on. I have to take the brush guard off of a 1986 F-150 but when I try to undo the bolts that hold it and the bumper to the frame they just spin. So my question is how would I remove them without cutting the bolts? Because I want to cut the bolts only as a last resort.

Thanks for any help guys!

Mar 31, 2016 | 06:54 AM

reamer

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heat! the first resort. it's the "blue wrench" tothe rescue!

Mar 31, 2016 | 12:32 PM

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I ran into this I had to use a torch to heat and cut the nuts off. What happened was someone installed bumper bolts with a smaller shoulder at some time so the shoulder never engaged the cutouts in the bumper.

Could be the reason yours is spinning as well.