Custom bumper stuff

[Schludwiller]

Hey guys.

I'll be working on the next step of the bumper to get the tire carrier working. One thought I had was to make bushings out of UHMW nylon like this guy did. Should keep friction down and rust from forming where the paint wears away.

Any ideas, comments?

[xterrabull]

I think a link or a picture didn't go through on your post (I see the white box w/a red "X" symbol).

[Schludwiller]

Ok, I'll upload it then.

[ChuckH]

That looks funny. He's got this perfect bumper (KMA could learn something here!) and an old dented up, uh, what is that thing, a Scout?

My only real concern is where the swing arm latches. I do want to protect the arm and the plate it latches to at that point. I don't expect the pivot point to be a problem beyond the very small ring I have there and there's no room to fit anything in there anyway.

BTW, I bought some glazing putty to fill those two tiny holes in your bumper. I don't know your plans, but I have to work on Saturday. If you want help though, I should be available on Sunday.

Oh, and that tire mount gave me an idea or two! More on that later!

[warmonger]

Schlud,

Are you working on a rear bumper for production of some type? It would sure be nice if someone could develop a rear bumper like that, but make it tough enough to handle a receiver hitch so we can eliminate the angle robbing add-on hitches and get that miserable spare tire out back where it belongs. I've heard such bad things about the KMA bumper, I would like to see something come about that is well made. I've said it before, somebody makes one of those, and I am a buyer!

Originally posted by Schludwiller
Hey guys.

I'll be working on the next step of the bumper to get the tire carrier working. One thought I had was to make bushings out of UHMW nylon like this guy did. Should keep friction down and rust from forming where the paint wears away.

Any ideas, comments?

[Schludwiller]

Sorry Gordon. It's not a new design.

It's just after all the $$$ I'll be spending on this bumper to fix it, I am no longer going to refer to it by it's manufacturers name.

I'll start calling it my Mann's Bumper since their shop did all the corrective work, and did a nice job.

[Schludwiller]

Originally posted by ChuckH
That looks funny. He's got this perfect bumper (KMA could learn something here!) and an old dented up, uh, what is that thing, a Scout?

My only real concern is where the swing arm latches. I do want to protect the arm and the plate it latches to at that point. I don't expect the pivot point to be a problem beyond the very small ring I have there and there's no room to fit anything in there anyway.

BTW, I bought some glazing putty to fill those two tiny holes in your bumper. I don't know your plans, but I have to work on Saturday. If you want help though, I should be available on Sunday.

Oh, and that tire mount gave me an idea or two! More on that later!

Yes, it's a Scout. It's one of the guys from the NW4x4 mailing list. I might find out where he got the job done since it looks very clean. Might be handy to know in the future.

Let's get those tire carriers done right. I would like to have it functional for the Bend, Oregon PNWX trip. Sunday might be doable.

[Philosopher]

Nylon bushings sound like a good idea to me.

I refuse to refer to my bumper as a KMA product ... in fact, I want to put a Skid Row sticker on it at some point ...