Welded fron big bumper nuts!

[golfmk2boy]

Help!..

I tried to remove the big bumper tonight.  I manged to get one side off pretty easily however the other side's nuts wont move one bit.

Has anybody got any tips for loosening bolts, I have coated them in wd40,

Cheers

[Haribo!]

pure brute strengh mate, try letting the WD40 soak in for a while then put more on and let that soak then more then get a scafolding pole for leverage if they still dont undo,

[jezza16v]

Take the grill off and you can just see into the end of the box section and with a torch the ends of the captive nuts. Get some spray penetrating oil with one of those extension tubes and give the captive ends a good soaking. Try tightening the bolts 1/8 of a turn first to break the grip of the rust before you undo them. Don't try to undo them in one go, keep doing them back up a bit to work the penetrating oil in, I just kept winding mine and it ripped the captive nut out! - best of luck with it 

[...joe]

if you haven't done it already... take out the indicator and you can get to the tops where you can coat the feckers in loads of wd40, then as the others say, get heavy with a  breaker bar, or even better take it to a local garage to get them to buzz them off with a air gun.

[golfmk2boy]

Aye,

I will try again tomorrow night.  Problem is is that I have hired an engine lifter crane to take the thing out this weekend and put the new engine in.  Dont think I am gonna get it all done though.

Im sure there will be far more problems to come.  I havent even started on the driveshafts and disconnect the gearbox parts...

ARRGH!!!

Hope the other engine is better.  Suppose it doesnt matter really tho, I can keep working on it.

thanks guys.

Do you think putting a cig lighter to the surrounding part might warm it up and loosen it enough ? 

[Chugadub]

dunno bout cig lighter but i found gas soldering iron helped when i was doing cv joint an had a siezed nut.
 

[frog]

Have you tried a Butane gas torch that plumbers use? Be careful not to melt anything though!

[silkyballs]

you dont have to take the bumper off to change an engine anyway it just more to put back on!

[knobby]

Wanna borrow my angle grinder?? 

As everyone else says... Soak it in WD40.... from the bottom and the top....

Jack the car up nice and high so you can get right underneath it for good leverage. You want a big 1/2 drive bar breaker for these bad boys. They usually creak loads when ya undo them too.. 

Gooduck

[silkyballs]

dont break it cos you'll be proper foooooked if ya do!lol :grin:sorry