Best rear bumper

trackvs2wheels · Nov 25, 2015

B&M Fabrications said:
Ok. Rough edit here. Will be made from 1/8" aluminum sheet (5052). Press braked lower edge will match the radius of the tunnel lip. 1-1/4" cross tube welded in. Also will have a rib pressed out on the side plate to allow the bumper to sit flat on the tunnel side and not sit crooked over the lip from the cooler edge. Plates are on the way from laser cutting. Bumper will be on our site to order in the next couple days. 155 at the moment, I'll verify perfect fitment here on a 155 and revise for the 163 as soon as the plates get here and order them for the long sled.

I like B&M...can you please let us know on this thread when a black 155" can be ordered...anxious to get my sled done and need a rear bumper to do so

trackvs2wheels · Dec 1, 2015

Any updates...riding has begun and I'd like a bumper prior to bending the rear lip...

B&M Fabrications · Dec 1, 2015

Plates should be here by the end of the week. Pushing the laser company as hard as I can to get them here asap.

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Rbott · Dec 1, 2015

B&M Fabrications said:
Plates should be here by the end of the week. Pushing the laser company as hard as I can to get them here asap.

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Do you have any pics of the rear tube welded up to the sideplates?

B&M Fabrications · Dec 1, 2015

Rbott said:
Do you have any pics of the rear tube welded up to the sideplates?

Currently no but it will be similarly built to the bumpers we offer for the XP and XM chassis.

wellfed777 · Dec 1, 2015

forgive my ignorance is the Axis tunnel the same as the pro ?
if so would it work on my pro ????
thanks

B&M Fabrications · Dec 1, 2015

Tunnels are different taper. That's another bumper in the works but we gotta get caught up before we start another project.

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BackCountryAK · Dec 18, 2015

Bump. I know it's the holidays but any update on the AXYS B&M bumper?

B&M Fabrications · Dec 18, 2015

Plates are here. Ironing out the jigs and fixture details today and tonight. Sorry for the delays, things have just been too busy lately to keep hitting new projects and getting farther and farther behind. They should be on the site Monday morning.

Bryan

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Rbott · Jan 6, 2016

Just got the notification that my Matte Black B&M rear bumper shipped yesterday! Anybody get one installed yet?

mountainhorse · Jan 6, 2016

As a heads up... as mentioned in prior posts.

Make sure that the bolt that you use for mounting the rear bumper do not protrude into the tunnel. These bolts can snag and damage your track if they stick into the tunnel.

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Rbott · Jan 6, 2016

mountainhorse said:
As a heads up... as mentioned in prior posts.

Make sure that the bolt that you use for mounting the rear bumper do not protrude into the tunnel. These bolts can snag and damage your track if they stick into the tunnel.

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Thanks for the heads up! Not sure what they will include for hardware....probably rivets. I have never been a huge fan of rivets so I will probably use some button head cap screws with a nylock nuts on the outside.

B&M Fabrications · Jan 6, 2016

8 bolts, (very low profile button head torx drive) flanged lock nuts to go with them. 12 Q lock rivets with 8 rivet washers to back them up in the tunnel. I'll snap some pics of mine tomorrow when I dig it out of the trailer at Togwotee Mountain Lodge....finally going to ride this turboed animal. All the bolt holes are factory tunnel holes. One rivet needs to be removed in each tunnel side and drilled through the new bumper. Two rivets on each tunnel lip, one up by the running boards and back about a foot need to be removed and drilled into the new bumper. We send quality rivets with. Bolts need to go through from the inside to the outside to prevent track damage like MH suggested above.

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trackvs2wheels · Jan 7, 2016

Thanks for posting Mountainhorst and B&M...

I obviously installed mine last night without checking this post first and have installed it incorrectly as you can see in this picture.

I will reverse the hex head bolts tonight so they do not protrude into the inside of the tunnel.

Also note that I have not installed the front 3 rivets on each side yet...will get to that tonight hopefully.

Ryan

wisboy25 · Jan 7, 2016

Best bumper made imo

longlugs · Jan 9, 2016

wisboy25 said:
Best bumper made imo

How so? It doesn't protect the radiused bottom lip, which is prone to getting bent. Outside of that, why do you like it so much?

wisboy25 · Jan 9, 2016

That sled that the bumper is on the tunnel was bent bad we straighten tunnel out installed that bumper and now is super ridged I don't foresee it bending again now ever and strengthened the whole tunnel from there back that sled where the two layers turn into one if that's not braced there not gonna do any good at all imo

05rmksteve · Jan 9, 2016

trackvs2wheels said:
Thanks for posting Mountainhorst and B&M...

I obviously installed mine last night without checking this post first and have installed it incorrectly as you can see in this picture.

I will reverse the hex head bolts tonight so they do not protrude into the inside of the tunnel.

Also note that I have not installed the front 3 rivets on each side yet...will get to that tonight hopefully.

Ryan

The side of your track looks like its fraying like mine. Mines rubbing on the front left bulkhead.

wisboy25 · Jan 9, 2016

longlugs said:
How so? It doesn't protect the radiused bottom lip, which is prone to getting bent. Outside of that, why do you like it so much?

I also don't know of any bumper that protects the bottom lip on there at all

Sheetmetalfab · Jan 9, 2016

wisboy25 said:
I also don't know of any bumper that protects the bottom lip on there at all

Umm the bm fab bumper posted above??

Do you read at all before posting?

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