Bumper Fixings

[volvological]

Hey there again, my 93' 240 torslanda has an uneven front bumper projection, as the numberplate is cracked it looks like the previous owner has driven into something, which has pushed the bumper back (on the drivers side). It now projects more to one side than the other, i tried good old elbow grease to pull it out but it would'nt shift. How is the bumper fastened??, if a tied one side to a solid object and slowly let the clutch out (in reverse gear) would this pull the bumper back out?. Ive read somewhere that the front bumper is mounted on shock absorbers

Any help you could give would be great

Steve

[Clifford Pope]

I don't think calling them shock absorbers is quite correct. I could imagine that they might possibly be crumpleable struts, in which case one of yours appears to have been crumpled. I certainly wouldn't risk trying anything as drastic as you are contemplating.
I think you need to get underneath and examine very carefully the mountings on each side. It should be pretty obvious precisely which bit is pushed in in comparison with the other side.
Assuming that the plastic over-bumper is fitting properly and snugly to the Aluminium one, then the cause must be either the Aluminium itself bent, or the bracket on the end of the strut, or the strut itself, or the chassis member holding the strut, or possibly the securing bolt missing or broken.
Unless there is structural damage to the car itself, then it should be pretty straightforward to replace all or part of the bumper/fittings.

[volvological]

Thanks a lot for that advice, I think its going to be a good day on sunday with some axle stands and a torx key then, i'll let you know how i get on.

Steve

I must have been lucky with those large forked spring clips then. I removed the black plastic skirt from the rear of my 245 which is partially held on with these inside the rear wheel wells. Neither broke so if you need them, let me know.

I'm not re-fitting the skirt so they are surplus.

Kelly