Pinon Snubber Lesson

[Dana67Dart]

So I had a great snubber, no rust, good rubber.

I decided to remove the rubber bumper to properly prep and paint the metal.

I bent up one tab just enough to remove rubber.

Well it's time to put it together...

The one tab I streightened I can not for the life of me get it to bend down flat.

I assume if I had a press I could apply enough pressure to squish the rubber enough to flatten the tab.

I have tried everything I have available, it should be so simple, but the rubber absorbs the impact and the tab just sits there laughing at me.

Anyone have any success reinstalling used bumper or installing a new replacement bumper?

 

[Inertia]

Vise ?
Drive over it .
Jack .

 

[33IMP]

Support the steel with a steel tube (or similar) that fits around the rubber snubber.

 

[George Jets]

Used bumper is going to be dried out and hard.

Dawn Dishsoap and 50% water mix will help a new rubber snubber push in there.

Push your tab back where it's supposed to be, then push in the snubber with the soap lube.

That is the way we install new tight windshields in the the new rubber gaskets (pull those in with the rope trick, and the soap).

Yeah tight fits....

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[Dana67Dart]

This is the type and how it is held on.

 

[Garrett Ellison]

C-clamp or C-clamp vice grip the rubber in place (and I mean CLAMP!) and with the C-clamp mounted in a vice and tabs facing upward and use a drift and hammer to knock down the tabs.

 

[George Jets]

This is the type and how it is held on.

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I would think you could press those tabs over with it upside down in a press. Just have to get them to angle over, then flatten them down with a flat "Plate" on the press > Can Do !

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[Mattax]

Arbor press or hydraulic press.
You needed to buy an arbor press anyway.

 

[banzaibullitt]

How about using an air hammer to bend the tabs over?

 

[Dana67Dart]

Part of the problem is holding the rubber tight to the metal while bending and then applying force in the right directions.

So I think a press is the best solution.

My recommendation.... Don't take it off.

 

[Ant]

Part of the problem is holding the rubber tight to the metal while bending and then applying force in the right directions.

So I think a press is the best solution.

My recommendation.... Don't take it off.

Yes, a press could help with that.

 

[mopar head]

2x4 on each side of the rubber, wedge the rubber up. Bam,Bam with a bfh, repaint, Done, your

 

[Ant]

2x4 on each side of the rubber, wedge the rubber up. Bam,Bam with a bfh, repaint, Done, your

BFH, the number one tool everyone should have.

 

[Inertia]

Part of the problem is holding the rubber tight to the metal while bending and then applying force in the right directions.

So I think a press is the best solution.

My recommendation.... Don't take it off.

I suggested that (a press) in post 2, the floor jack.

 

[Dana67Dart]

So totally weird....

I bought a repo snubber bumper. Very close to the origional.

And I had no problem installing it. I used lock jaw pliers and some cloth the protect the metal of the snubber.

Bent the tabs over to about 45 deg.
It snuggedcright up to the metal.

Finished it off with a flat punch.

Maybe the repo snubber had softer metal in the tab???

Maybe I got more aggressive with the pliers?

Who knows!