I spent the better part of the last hour trying to remove the 8 19mm nuts holding the front bumper on. I tried loosening, tightening, turning the wheel fully for better leverage, going underneath for the inside nuts, and none will even budge at all. I'm using a 3/4 socket wrench, extension, and 19mm adapter. I removed my side steps and put on rubi rock rails without issue but these nuts seem like they're welded on.

Are there any tricks or am I missing something? If I'm having this much trouble, even with the inside nuts, will a bigger socket or cheater stick even help? Can I take it to a shop/dealership and have them loosen them enough for me to remove it myself? I got a new bumper and want to install it myself as a project but this is difficult!

 

I used Gorilla Fist. It works.

 

Yeah, you're going to have to take your skirt off. Spray some PB Blaster on the nuts, that should help. Use a cheater bar of some sort if you need more leverage (or eat some wheaties).

 

I just took my front bumper off this past weekend and it wasn't too difficult. I ended up using plenty of PB Blaster, a deep well socket 1/2 inch drive two foot breaker bar. No problem.

 

Thanks for the help I got it! Used some PB Blaster and got a 6" Socket wrench (instead of a 4") for more leverage and they came off. Not easily, the Jeep was lifting up on some of them when I was pushing, but they came off.

 

That's what impacts are for..lol

 

You sir, need to invest in longer wrenches and a breaker bar.

 

Could be that the bumper nuts are intimidated by 'Gorilla Fist' or any other offensive behavior.
Sometimes the bumper nuts need some gentle encouragement and a positive attitude while wrenching.
If the bumper nuts have had a previous bad experience in the past they may need to feel they are special to you. Tell them that they are not bad bumper nuts if it is the first time they have been exposed.
Sorry...my bad
Seriously, give them a shot of any type of rust buster a few times and go at them with a bigger wrench than you own. Using cheater extensions on under sized tools for the job will usually end up with hand damage that takes months to heal when the small link breaks. Sometimes a tooth gets involved in the process.
If the big tool breaks them then so be it. Replace them.
Face the problem with a growl and get at 'er.

 

If you were pulling on it that hard, that's when you probably want a breaker bar instead of a socket wrench. I've had the inner workings of a (cheap) socket wrench come apart on me before and it was about like this. Luckily no teeth were involved.

 

I thought they were 18mm, not 19. Maybe my memory sucks?