For the answer to this question, at least as it regards the passenger side rear, we turn to owner-operator Howard Salmon. I had lunch with Salmon today at the Nashville downtown TA. He’s on his way to Atlanta under a reefer load in his 1999 Kenworth W900, set to reload to head back up I-24 north to a court date with the North Georgia jurisdiction where he was issued a following-too-close ticket a couple months back. The officer issuing the ticket was responding to his run-in on I-24 with a Prius and a minivan, the latter of which both Salmon and the Prius driver blamed for the accident. (The minivan’s driver wasn’t ultimately hit, and didn’t stop for the minor aftermath.
Thankfully, we’re happy to report, bumper damage incurred during that incident ….
… was covered by insurance after his physical-damage policy picked it up — with dashcam evidence, the insurance company deemed it nonpreventable, Salmon says (here’s hoping the court hears the case the same way):
Looking sharp, but for one remaining piece of damage, where the bent bumper was rubbing the front driver-side fender when the hood was up, before it was fixed. In case you were wondering just where exactly:
But in terms of the matter at hand, here’s what the bolts in question are supposed to look like:
