Energy Absorber Replacement - Front: Notes
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CAUTION:
Failure to observe the following procedure when handling energy absorbers could cause personal injury.
- Do not apply heat to an energy absorber.
- Do not weld in the area of an energy absorber.
- Do not attempt to repair a damaged energy absorber. Always replace the damaged energy absorber with a new part.
- If an energy absorber is bound-up as a result of a collision such that it cannot extend, take precautions to avoid spring-back when bending sheet metal. Provide a positive restraint, such as a chain or cable to hold the bumper in the position it is in. Wear approved safety glasses and using a 3mm (1/8 inch) drill bit, drill a small hole in the piston tube near the bumper bracket to relieve gas pressure. Remove the energy absorber after gas pressure has been relieved.
- If an energy absorber is to be scrapped, relieve the gas pressure prior to disposal of the part. Make an indentation with a center punch in the small cylinder section of the energy absorber.