2 Pack Simpson Strong Tie FPBM44E E-Z Mender 4x4 Post Repair Bracket with Black Finish (1 Pair)

An amazing invention, wish it was invented 5 post's ago! It's easy to install, works like magic! Thanks for saving my back and the extra time to play tennis cause it was so easy to install!

We saw a video on how to repair a loose fence post without replacing the post. This arrived the day after I ordered it and it was easy to install and our fence is no longer leaning and the fence post no longer has any give in it! Great product/solution.

Pos. Just as described, sturdy, much easier than digging out the concrete and post.Cons. Came from Home Depot (drop shipped) I could have saved $4.00 and picked them up locally. :-(The post was pretty rotten so I'm not sure if the things went between the wood and concrete or into the rotten wood. This will buy some time but digging the old post out is inevitable sometime in the future.

Can also be used to mend a fence post if it broke above ground. I used two repair brackets with some long 1/2-inch bolts and "4-Hole Flat Plate Connector Bracket, Length 7-1/4-inch, Width 1-5/8-inch, Thickness 5mm, Hole Distance 1-7/8-inch" in order to clamp the break at several places for a really strong repair.

I had a fence post which had broken at the base (like they all seem to, of course!). It was in kind of a weird spot where replacing the post would've been quite a challenge - close to a tree, near sprinkler lines, etc. Decided for the cost to try these out.I found the install was fairly hard - maybe I'm not quite strong enough, but I was exhausted after installing the first one! It was a lot of whacking! My trusty 3lb sledge did ok, just took a lot of hits. I tried it with the full sledge a few times, but found it was a bit too hard to "aim" it properly and hit the little protruding piece. I also tried an air hammer which unfortunately did nothing at all. So it was just a lot of hitting, over and over and over and over.But now for the good part... once I got the first piece to where I was comfortable with it, and screwed it into the post, the post already felt rock solid. Much more solid than any of the other posts. For good measure, I decided to go ahead and install the second side on the same post, but I'm not sure it was even necessary.On the second side I made the mistake of "angling" it a bit as I got started, as the pictures on the instructions showed. Unfortunately, maybe a bit too much angle and once it was in about an inch, I couldn't pull it back out to restart, so I just went with it. Once it was in far enough, the top was sticking away from the post by maybe 3/4" or 1" or so. I was able to use a long bolt through the holes and pull this back in, and it's fine, lesson learned.With both of them installed, screwed into the post, and held together with a bolt... that fence post isn't going anywhere anytime soon... even if I want it to! LOL!

I would recommend to the manufacturer that they create this same product, only in a 12 inch longer version. The extra length would give the broken posts more stability, which is what we need.

I used two of these to support a failing 4x4 post in concrete. I had my doubts about being able to drive them into the concrete around the post, but they went in without a hitch.

Used 2 and they worked as intended for a rotted wooden 4x4, took a lot of hammering with a 3 lb hammer bought specifically for it. Because of the angle, ended up needing to use some scrap wood fit onto the side bits you hammer against and when somewhat deeper in the ground hit those side bits directly but they were quite bent by the end and barely usable. Definitely recommend you put something like wood against them when starting to hammer it in initially or they might be too bent to use before it’s deep enough. Seems very sturdy good thick metal though and easier than putting in a new 4x4 for sure.