Removing Federal bumpers

okartguy · Post by **okartguy** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 1:44 pm

Both bumpers on my '80 are tweaked, and I'd like to go ahead and pull them off the car. I took a cursory look around, and couldn't find the bolts that hold the main tubes into the frame rails. Does anyone have a writeup or photos documenting the best way to do this? TIA-

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:22 pm

the main tubes bolt onto the collapsing shock mount. You'll have to remove the plastic covers to access the nuts. The shock mounts then bolt to the unibody with 2 bolts each

spidernut · Post by **spidernut** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:26 am

On the other end of the shock, there's one large bolt that threads through the shock and frame rail.

freespider · Post by **freespider** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:16 am

The rear shock on the driver side can be removed by unbolting the gas tank. You should not have to remove it. You'll have to muscle it out of the way with all the lines connected, so be careful, but it is doable.