Ram ProMaster Mud Flap Repair

Ram ProMaster Mud Flap Repair. Salt road de-icer has rusted away the bolts that hold our mud flaps and splash guards on our ProMaster.

In this post, we document how we repair the mud flaps ready for another slushy winter.

Ram ProMaster Mud Flap Repair

If you live somewhere with harsh winters, then you have no doubt noticed relatively new vehicles full of rust. Salt is great for de-icing roads, but it wreaks havoc on vehicles. Untreated metal rusts so quickly.

The Problem

The rear mud flaps are held on a pinch weld clamp with some type of metal rivet. It shows just how corrosive the road salts are as the rivets had completely rusted through leaving both rear mud flaps hanging by a top screw.

Ram ProMaster Mud Flap Repair – The Fix

After a quick inspection, I figured it would be easy to fasten the clamp assembly with some new ¼” bolts.

Disassembly 

Smaller bolts can easily shear off. So to prevent problems, the first thing I did was spray the pinch weld clamp bolts with Rust Penetrating Lubricant (WD 40) and leave it for the night.

Drill and Bolt

To allow the new bolts to fit, we drilled out the old rivets with a ¼” drill bit. Then bolted back together using ¼-20 x ¾ Bolts, Nuts with Flat Washers, and Split Lock Washers.

Anti-Seize 

To help prevent threads from seizing, we use Silver Grade Anti-Seize on the Pinch Weld Clamp bolt threads.

Our Ram ProMaster Mud Flap Repair is ✅ 

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• Mounting A Rooftop Cargo Carrier To The Roof Of Our Van

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• Van Carbon Monoxide Safety

Thanks for reading, and remember to always take the road less traveled!

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