Eddo wrote:
jason thompson wrote:
A loud bang going over speed bumps and under hard acceleration caused by shocks? I realy doubt it.
We had that very same problem check your sway bar that was causing our problem.
A maxed out shock will not bang a shock will only bang if it moves side to side they have bushings to prevent the up and down bang.
and going up to far also will not bang cause if the tires hit they are made of rubber and if the bump stop is doing its job it too is made of rubber
all this is based on every thing else being properly "installed" or "put togeather right"
A shock will bang if you drop the wheel fast enough and there is no ground to catch it. Only think that stops if from moving further down is the shock. And I doubt there is much of an internal bumpstop inside the shock. Do it quickly enough and it will make a nice thud.
Also you will notice a bang if you bottom out the suspension at more than a crawl. This is especially prevalent with the 2.5" daystar spacers, which will result in coil bind before hitting the rubber bump stops.
Actually the rubber bump stops don't do much if you bottom it out hard enough. If you disagree then go get your Jeep airborne and listen to the huge shuttering bang as your Jeep comes to the ground. I've done a few times on accident.
JeepJeepster, I did have that problem with the OME shocks topping out over speed bumps and deep ravines with my OME springs and 2 spring isolators in the rear.
I am not going to argue this point with you because it sounds like you are wanting that but if you think that a shock maxing out will bang loud enough to cause any one concern then you keep on doing that but I have never heard any noise from a shock unless I have it in my hands and compress it and let it go it will make a slight hissing noise
I have heard springs open and close but never bang and I have never heard a axel hitting a bumpstop bang
If you are hearing noise from you suspension and think that it is a shock or something else related then
1) your are driving way to fast and jumping it wich is just plan stupid and thats what gives people like me a bad name or
2) somethig is realy wrong and should be looked at by some one quilified to diagnose these kinds of problems