you should be my boss. lol. But yea, all thanks to foxmxrcer, couldn't have done it with out his help.

 

Trust me, you dont want that haha

 

<---you are the smiley with the hammer.

 

02/20/17

I had a few hours of day light today. I needed to paint the flares. Day dreaming during work today, I realized I can just paint them in my damn shed! Painting them in garage would have drawn dirty looks from the wife as the smell drifted through our casa. The shed has power too. So I can turn on my space heater and get the proper painting temps.

Okay, curry, you have the plan. Now make it happen when you get home...

At home:
where are are the shed keys??? Last time I got in there was during the late fall. Hmm, 20 mins later found them on our DVD shelf by the back door.

Okay now, lets loosen the hex head stainless bolts to separate the fender flare from the passenger side of vehicle...nope, 2 of the bolts and nuts must be cross threaded and or sucked in a metal burr. They're stuck together. Stripped out one head. No room for angle grinder.

Son on woke up from nap, called it quits. Need to drill out bolts and probably take one of the good bolts to Fastenal to get more. No doubt the drive side will have the same issue. I only have two spare bolts and no spare nuts. 3 steps forward, two steps back.

 

If it went smooth, you'd be looking over your shoulder waiting for the bad **** to happen. This way, it's out of the way and you can move forward.

 

words of inspiration

 

Best of luck on the other side. Hopefully it goes a bit smoother. Those stainless bolts do love to seize and strip like non others. But they look nice and never rust. Guess its a trade off...

 

yep, there is this young girl about my age, late 20's , who works at Fastenal. She is a whiz when it comes to any type of fastener. She will have me the right button head bolts in no time. Will try to stop on tomorrow. They have the typical trade supply house hours: open early, close early. I think they close up shop around 5PM, hopefully I can get there before then.

But yea, once these fenders are back on. I don't plan on taking them back off for a long time.

 

2/21/17

I will not be stopped

 

You know you still have to get the seized bolts out....

 

Looks like he is using nuts on the back side. Once the bolt is cut, the nut should fall out.

Now, use anti-seize when you install the new ones. Stainless hardware galls easy, I have had brand new bolts lock up tight, galled, when the nut isn't even run all the way down. Antisieze will stop it from doing that. Get in the habit of using it on every bolt that doesn't get loctite. Will make future service work that much easier.

 

I will do that thanks.

And yes the fender is just held on with compression. Bolt, washer and nut.

 

I like this ant seize for home use:
It's a big jar of it, will last you several life times. Can likely find a smaller jar locally for a couple dollars cheaper.

 

Thanks! I have Permatex and Blue Monster anti seize in the garage.

 

2/22/17

Got the flares removed off of the Jeep. Drilled out the seized bolts and used a cut off wheel on some of them too. All is well in that department. Cleaned and sanded new fenders, ready for primer.