Can someone with a service manual tell me the proper torque value to use for the 8 bolts that hold the bumper core on? I am installing a base plate on my 2013 Honda Fit Sport so I can tow it behind a motorhome. Thanks!!!

 

Not sure if this would help may not have the torque specs 3:31 minutes into video:

Roadmaster Base Plate Installation - 2011 Honda Fit Video | etrailer.com

 

No they don't say what to torque it to in the video. The instructions just give a range of torque values for various bolts. I would like to be more exact than that. I would like to torque it to factory values.

Thanks again!

 

I think the part you're referring to is the bumper beam. Not sure. Curiously the shop manual refers to it but no details on removal/replacement.

Here's a link to the section on the front bumper; see if this helps. I've searched the entire manual for all instances of either "beam" or "bumper" and didn't come up with anything else...

 

This is very close to exactly what I need. I need the section on removing/installing the bumper beam.

Thank you very much!

 

I was able to get the base plate bracket from Roadmaster installed. The install was pretty easy. The clips around the headlight were difficult but not impossible. I just kept fiddling with it until they let go. It's a little weird taking the entire bumper beam out of the car and not putting it back in. Hopefully the car is still just as safe. I feel like I have removed a vital safety part of the car. It took some searching but was able to find the torque value for the bumper beam bolts (16 lb/ft). The instructions didn't have this information. The service repair manual also doesn't have this information. I finally found the information in the body repair manual. By the time I found this info out I had already put the car back together. I guessed and torqued the bolts to 30 lb/ft. They also have red thread locker on them so they certainly aren't going anywhere any time soon. Here are some pictures of the install. The last picture is the bumper beam that does not go back into the car. The base plate that takes it's place is very strong so I assume just as safe.

 

That full-on Fit skull-pic is startling.

 

you took the beam out and not put it back in? insurance is going to have a field day with that.

 

He put a another beam in with welded tow-bar connection points. Either that or it's the Bond Fit with forward facing flame throwers (that may annoy insurance companies).

 

LOL Yeah the beam is replaced with another much stronger one. However I do think the low speed (5mph) crashes will result in more damage because the old beam had a wide plastic piece to help protect the bumper from low speed crashes. The new beam does not have that.

Very happy now. The Fit is probably one of the best cars to tow behind a motorhome. It's one of the few cars that it doesn't void the warranty. There are instructions in the owners manual on how to prep the car to be towed behind a motorhome. We have the manual tranny so basically it's put it in neutral and hook it to the motorhome. Also the Fit is small so I only lose about 1 MPG when towing it. Then when I get to my destination I use the Fit and get 35 MPG. Can't beat it for $17450.

I thought long and hard about getting a MINI but they were expensive and it voids the warranty to tow behind a motorhome. Also I have owned a MINI before and it spent a good bit of it's life in the shop. I am much happier with the Fit than I thought I would be. It's amazing what will fit in the back of a Fit.

Next project is a DVD radio. Need something to do while I sit and wait for my sons soccer practice to end.