Broke bolt on tube bumper rubber end piece.

[76was124]

Anybody know how much metal is under the rubber end piece?. I broke the stud, and am just trying to figure out if I can drill the old stud out and tap the molded in plate to which the stud was attached.

[redcars]

It is just thick sheet metal. On my 81 they where so rusted that there was not anything left to work with by the time I beat on them with a hammer and got the rust out of them.

[76was124]

It is just thick sheet metal. On my 81 they where so rusted that there was not anything left to work with by the time I beat on them with a hammer and got the rust out of them.

Thanks, did you figure something else out, or just replace them? If there's enough rubber, I could dig it out I suppose, and undercut the rubber a bit for a new bracket with a stud pointed out. I thought I would put some wood screw through the plate to hold it to the rubber, and epoxy fill over the top, but that's a questionable fix.

[redcars]

I took the bumper off and am running it that way. I like the look better.