Front mud flap bracket removal

Discodevon · Jun 16, 2019

Hello there I was in the process of painting my front mudflap brackets when realised I was using the wrong sort of paint, silly me basically! I went through all the trouble of masking up whist they were still on the vehicle etc then looked earlier to find two new ones were only a tenner... I had a nightmare removing my rear brackets because of the rivnut, that’s why I refrained from removing the two front ones .. the question is are the front mud flap brackets a nuisance to remove like the rear with the rivnuts?

mick 1986 · Jun 17, 2019

Discodevon said:
Hello there I was in the process of painting my front mudflap brackets when realised I was using the wrong sort of paint, silly me basically! I went through all the trouble of masking up whist they were still on the vehicle etc then looked earlier to find two new ones were only a tenner... I had a nightmare removing my rear brackets because of the rivnut, that’s why I refrained from removing the two front ones .. the question is are the front mud flap brackets a nuisance to remove like the rear with the rivnuts?

My old ones were a pain to remove. I ended up using a prybar and just forcing the rounded/loose rivnuts out the chassis. Not ideal if you intend to use the chassis again.

tottot · Jun 17, 2019

Jemmy, but then I am a bit of a heathen when taking things apart.

Angle grind the heads off and punch the rivets in.

Discodevon · Jun 17, 2019

Ahh ok, well lads you have just answered my question, looks like I’m going to paint them in situ then haha!

dag019 · Jun 18, 2019

Anything using rivnuts becomes a pain to remove!

Front mud flap bracket removal

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