Rembrant Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Cory, I've never used a Walter disc. Must be a Canadian thing? What brands are you looking at, and what features? Paddle or top switch? Locking or not? Rear handle? Considering how well my existing Bosch grinder has lasted, I may just buy another one for familiarity sake. I wouldn't have believed it, but Bosch actually still makes the exact same unit. It's short and light which makes it easy to hold with one hand, and has a thumb trigger that locks. The one I currently have was dropped out of a scissor lift 20 years ago. The case on it was cracked so the boss cut the cord and chucked it in the garbage. I dug it out of the garbage and bought a new case cover and cord for it. That would have been in the late 1990's, and I still use the thing on a weekly basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetesPonies Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Cory, I've never used a Walter disc. Must be a Canadian thing? What brands are you looking at, and what features? Paddle or top switch? Locking or not? Rear handle? Considering how well my existing Bosch grinder has lasted, I may just buy another one for familiarity sake. I wouldn't have believed it, but Bosch actually still makes the exact same unit. It's short and light which makes it easy to hold with one hand, and has a thumb trigger that locks. The one I currently have was dropped out of a scissor lift 20 years ago. The case on it was cracked so the boss cut the cord and chucked it in the garbage. I dug it out of the garbage and bought a new case cover and cord for it. That would have been in the late 1990's, and I still use the thing on a weekly basis. I use all flat cut off discs. Flipping the nut is easy and I have been doing it professionally for more years than I can attest to. No problem what so ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 I use all flat cut off discs. Flipping the nut is easy and I have been doing it professionally for more years than I can attest to. No problem what so ever. Thanks, everyone, for all the input! I completed cutting the brush guard off today and managed to work around it without cutting it to pieces. Here is the after shot. I need to work on grinding down the remaining weld. Jim asked about the new bumper. I like the original chrome bumpers. I picked a nice straight one off this rig last weekend in the Navajo Nation. (The truck is already an adventure.) Jim, not sure about brackets (?). I do need fasteners. I think there is reference material here on the forum. Where is the best place to buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Thanks, everyone, for all the input! I completed cutting the brush guard off today and managed to work around it without cutting it to pieces. Here is the after shot. I need to work on grinding down the remaining weld. Jim asked about the new bumper. I like the original chrome bumpers. I picked a nice straight one off this rig last weekend in the Navajo Nation. (The truck is already an adventure.) Jim, not sure about brackets (?). I do need fasteners. I think there is reference material here on the forum. Where is the best place to buy? That short box would be worth some money if it is a straight as it looks. I bought new bumper bolts from LMC if that is what you’re referring to about the fasteners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Thanks, everyone, for all the input! I completed cutting the brush guard off today and managed to work around it without cutting it to pieces. Here is the after shot. I need to work on grinding down the remaining weld. Jim asked about the new bumper. I like the original chrome bumpers. I picked a nice straight one off this rig last weekend in the Navajo Nation. (The truck is already an adventure.) Jim, not sure about brackets (?). I do need fasteners. I think there is reference material here on the forum. Where is the best place to buy? The reference material is at Documentation/Exterior/Bumpers. And, as you can see in the illustration there, all you need are the bolts. The front bumper bolts directly to the frame. And it looks like you did a good job of cutting the brush guard off. Won't take much to clean that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 The reference material is at Documentation/Exterior/Bumpers. And, as you can see in the illustration there, all you need are the bolts. The front bumper bolts directly to the frame. And it looks like you did a good job of cutting the brush guard off. Won't take much to clean that up. . I can't tell you how many times I have to step back because I think of my Bricknose while here on this forum.... When I replaced mine I had a devil of a time getting some of those chrome capped bolts out, so I just got some stainless carriage bolts at the hardware and buffed them on a bench grinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 . I can't tell you how many times I have to step back because I think of my Bricknose while here on this forum.... When I replaced mine I had a devil of a time getting some of those chrome capped bolts out, so I just got some stainless carriage bolts at the hardware and buffed them on a bench grinder. When I pulled the bumper from my 86, I found that the square portion of the carriage bolt was half the size of the holes in the bumper, so all of the carriage bolts just spun when I put a ratchet on the nuts. I'm assuming they were hardware store versions because they looked much smaller than what I remember having on my F150. Had to cut all of them off in order to get the bumper off. Unless you can find the correct size carriage bolts locally, I would grab the ones from LMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 When I pulled the bumper from my 86, I found that the square portion of the carriage bolt was half the size of the holes in the bumper, so all of the carriage bolts just spun when I put a ratchet on the nuts. I'm assuming they were hardware store versions because they looked much smaller than what I remember having on my F150. Had to cut all of them off in order to get the bumper off. Unless you can find the correct size carriage bolts locally, I would grab the ones from LMC. Yes the Ford bolts have some weird size square. But I have a MIG welder and a square file for a broach. Just glomming up two cornees of the hole is enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Yes the Ford bolts have some weird size square. But I have a MIG welder and a square file for a broach. Just glomming up two cornees of the hole is enough. The ones on my bumper are more like a rectangle than a square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 The ones on my bumper are more like a rectangle than a square. I had the same issue as described with the bolts when pulling off the 86 bumper. I managed to get the bolts loose but then they would just turn. I used pliers to get a bite on one of the chrome caps to get that bolt out, but of course it marked up that cap big time. For the other three, I had to cut them. It seems if I had a thin open-ended wrench (the kind of thing that might come with new furniture that needs to be assembled) I could have grabbed that square portion of the bolt from in front of the bumper. Anyway, hence the need for new bolts (fasteners). I will check out LMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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