Bump stops

KJ in CO · **Joined:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:06 pm **Posts:** 346

JL Rockies wrote:

I still have the original OEM bumpstops. Never felt the need to replace them.

You think that all that rubbing I was hearing was from the tires hitting the pinchweld only? I cant really tell since I was in the cockpit :lol:

... BTW, I got a front skid on it's way. Thats one down

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:42 pm

doesn't take long rubbin the pinch for the plastic over it to start showing feathering and wear

i ordered terraflex bumps from JBA's last night, was 55.27 after shipping

i still need to jack mine up and beat my pinch welds down, had the hammer, heat gun, dremel and rubber undercoating sitting in the back seat for a week or two

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:51 pm

If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:53 pm

i'm never without my hammer!

or anything else for that matter!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:03 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

i'm never without my hammer!

or anything else for that matter!

Getting close grasshopper :lol:

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:05 pm

yea i gotta build a shelf

i thought about usin an actual box for my tools, but the 189 piece (actual piece, not 50 tools and 139 screw driver tips :lol:

) is compact enough and QUIET enough to suit me pretty good

i just stuff the 'extras' rails of fat allen heads and what not whereever they'll fit and not rattle

tumanator · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:33 pm

pfft.... if I wish afford a setup like that..... half of my stuff is still hand me down made in China garbage, but i do have 2 or 3 backups of everything :lol:

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:18 pm

my favorite ratchet is a hand-me down 3/8ths china ratchet

it only works to take stuff out, it won't tighten anymore, need to take it apart and replace the innards

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:39 pm

That's a whole lotta projectiles waiting to happen. All of my shizzle is strapped down. Imagine that torque wrench flying at your skull at 50 mph if you crash? You'd be Jeepin'Nohead.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:52 pm

then my life insurance will pay out pretty good

once i have a shelf it won't be a problem, not going to drastically change my cargo habits by velcro strapping everything down like a space shuttle there's usually enough stuff in my backseat or passenger area that would = projectile that it's pretty much a moot point :lol:

DryBones · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:08 am

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

my favorite ratchet is a hand-me down 3/8ths china ratchet

it only works to take stuff out, it won't tighten anymore, need to take it apart and replace the innards

or throw it away and buy another one! :lol:

Xodius · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:18 am

Cobolt-60 wrote:

Simple. In 6 easy steps:

1. Jack-up the front of the vehicle and put it on jack-stands on both sides.
2. Take off the front wheels.
3. Take a pair of channel-locks, grab the OEM bumpstop towards one end and yank down. Repeat on the other side.
4. Take the aftermarket bumpstop, coat the part that has to go into the mount with some dishwashing liquid, and hammer it in with a rubber mallet. Repeat on the other side.
5. Put the wheels back on.
6. Lower vehicle.

Here is a photo of the OEM bumpstops next to the Teraflex ones:

when does the beer come into play?

calamaridog · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:22 pm

It took less than 10 minutes for me to install the Terra Flex bumpstops. They were $21 each from Terra Flex and shipped the same day.

Reached in with a crow bar and pulled the stock ones out first try. Put a little lube on the new ones and popped them right in by leveraging the crow bar off the tire.

SweepnChoke · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:51 pm

JL Rockies wrote:

That's a whole lotta projectiles waiting to happen. All of my shizzle is strapped down. Imagine that torque wrench flying at your skull at 50 mph if you crash? You'd be Jeepin'Nohead.

Have to a agree, all my gear is in a 16"x16"x36" aluminum Delta box that fits nice and snugly in the cargo area.

If you keep your gear just laying in the back, when you start off roading it's going to be flying around the back all the time, at least it woud where I go and the way I drive.

tumanator · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:21 pm

My problem with that is - Big tool box = no more cargo area, I've got probably 2 full sets of standard and metric sockets, couple ratchets, pliers, screwdrivers, full bit set, ect... all in a black and decker tool bad under the back seat. The probem i have to admit with my setup is their not easy or quick to get to, they need an external mount on toolbox for the jeep.....say Fabrication people, someone should see what they can come up with.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:32 pm

i've got a lead blanket (radiation blanket) that I throw over everything back there and while it's not a permanent fix, i've never had anything come off the floorboard while jumping dunes or plowing across nasty beach ruts

as hard as i've launched it it makes me less worried about anything short of a roll over

I do want a shelf back there that locks down though, with the blanket tucked under the edge of my 60lb jack/jackstands case, i've never heard anything even come off the floor but of course that's with the vehicle still upright

i rolled my bronco II and about got my head taken off when the speaker box in the cargo area went past my head and out the front window

therefore i AM at least conscious of the problem of loose items, and the speaker box wasn't even loose

tonycrd · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:28 pm

So..this thread is going....nowhere?

What do all those toolchests have to do with the OP's question? :shock:

DOC, do the shovel method and they'll just pop in.

And since we are oftopic by a mile:

I just red in someones sig 'almost as cool as tjkj'........ :roll:

Say what? .......come on now.......

you can never be as cool as TJKJ since your KJ isn't orange.

SweepnChoke · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:11 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

i've got a lead blanket (radiation blanket) that I throw over everything back there

Where can I get one of these?, I have a baby boy do mid August and I have been joking with my wife that I'm going to get one for his baby blanket, "honey, can you imagine how strong he'll get rolling around under or dragging that thing around?".

If I can actaully get my hands on one I'll LMAO as my wife freaks out and has me committed.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:22 pm

Im sure you could get it online somewhere

i got mine from when I was on security detail for a mobile x-ray unit in the philipines

Cobalt-60 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:56 pm

Xodius wrote:

:? when does the beer come into play?

When it's done. :wink:

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