If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re quite likely eager to handle the vast majority of the maintenance to be carried out on your Chevrolet Traverse, but some are more challenging than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to operate on. We want to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Chevrolet Traverse. This process is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Chevrolet Traverse, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Chevrolet Traverse
So let’s commence our document with the front bumper of your Chevrolet Traverse. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Chevrolet Traverse in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we encourage you to lift your Chevrolet Traverse and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Would seem evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Remove the wheel arches: They’re also known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Chevrolet Traverse. Dependant on your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to accomplish this, you will just have to use a staple extractor or to do it carefully with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
- Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is at the rear of your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Chevrolet Traverse on the sides.
- Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine bay.
- Now it’s time to go beneath your Chevrolet Traverse to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the vehicle, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Remember to unplug the connection of the plate lighting and the distance control sensor if you have it.
- Carefully remove the front bumper by first unclipping the sides. If it doesn’t come off, you almost certainly forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with a carpet or other to prevent that it gets scratched by touching the ground.
That’s it, you’ve seen all the steps of how to remove the front bumper from your Chevrolet Traverse, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Chevrolet Traverse
And to conclude, whether or not the operation is quite equivalent, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Chevrolet Traverse. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.
- Start by performing the same first step, that is, lift your Chevrolet Traverse and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Chevrolet Traverse serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Chevrolet Traverse to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Chevrolet Traverse.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Chevrolet Traverse.
- At the same time, remember to disconnect the rear license plate light and the reverse radar sensors if you are equipped with them.
- Unscrew the top brackets from the top of the trunk.
- Now all you have to do is remove the rear bumper from your Chevrolet Traverse, stick to the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Chevrolet Traverse whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are essentially the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you need more guides on the Chevrolet Traverse, go to our Chevrolet Traverse category.
