bumpstop installs

KJKen · **Joined:** Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:13 pm **Posts:** 48

Installing my front side of my daystar lift, and having some trouble with the new bumpstops. any tricks to get them in the seat?

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:21 pm

start the back up in, lube up the bumpstop some, put a bar back into the spring and while prying up take a screw driver and push back in on the top of it into the pocket

well thats the way it worked for me :wink:

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

Yes, those are chewy little rascals. I used a method similar to Tom's, but with more cursing and knuckle dusting.

Joe Jeeper · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:01 pm

What tommudd said exactly. I cut some of mine down it was way overkill with my Gen. 5 A-arms. Mine our the Tereflex.

Cobalt-60 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:24 pm

Comparison pic of the Teraflex Extended Front Bumpstop and an OEM one:

Sorry for the quality, it was from a cell phone camera.

USPLibby · **Joined:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:29 am **Posts:** 377

Use just a little bit of vasolene on the edges and notch areas. Just a little bit makes them go in real easy and it should completely disappear within a few months. Start with one edge in all of the way then angle the rest in.

LibertyFever · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:14 pm

I don't mean to hi-jack this thread but I have a "nubie" questions.

Do you need extended front bumpstops if you have the longer OME or Rancho struts?

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:29 pm

front struts are not really longer, OME says you do not have to but....Ranchos I would for sure.

BeepBeepJeepJeep · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:53 pm

I just greased them and pushed them in (using my legs for power instead of my upper body). I am not a large guy either, so this should work for anyone.

Uttles · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:19 am

For the terraflex front ones,

Keep the jeep on the ground with tires on.

Use your trail shovel or a flat edge garden shovel as a nice wide prybar (flip it upside down) and the top of the tire as a fulcrum (pivot point). It will seat the new bumpstops in a jiffy and will keep the skin where it belongs, on your knuckles.

Works great.

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:21 am

tommudd wrote:

front struts are not really longer, OME says you do not have to but....Ranchos I would for sure.

Wow, I should really get some front bumpstops then.

Cobalt-60 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:22 am

I pulled my old ones out with a pair of channel locks.

I sprayed the new ones with silicon, popped them in with the heel of my hand and tapped them the rest of the way in with a rubber mallet.

It is easier if you take the wheels off to. :wink:

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:42 pm

Silicone and a 2x4 against the tire and mine popped right in. The wide base of the 2x4 helped to keep it in place while prying on it.

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:15 pm

What's the point of extended bumpstops up front again? To keep tires from rubbing? Bottoming out of the strut? My suspension seems to travel fine all the way up to my stock bumpstops.
Just wondering?

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:24 pm

RespectMyLibertay wrote:

What's the point of extended bumpstops up front again? To keep tires from rubbing? Bottoming out of the strut? My suspension seems to travel fine all the way up to my stock bumpstops.
Just wondering?

You dont want to have your suspension go up that far. Old rule of thumb, for every inch of lift one inch of bumpstop.

RAYMAN975 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:28 pm

i think to keep everything in check and to not overcompress the front springs, and have the coils touch, which will make them sag

you just have to put your chin on your flare, reach your hands in the wheelwell, and pull straight out to get the old ones out, about 30 seconds both sides lol

to install the new ones,i used dishsoap(wont leave any greasyness behind, evaoporates and wont stay slippery) and a 2x4 and used the tire as the pivot point like someone above said. its still kinda a pain, but just make sure they pop in 100%, just keep jiggling it around and you can tell if it popped in all the way or not, dont want em to fall out

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:39 pm

liquid soap is the best, I also used a 2x4 to pry them in.

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:23 pm

I'd like a better understanding. I think that rule of thumb is to keep tires from rubbing. Any other reason for bumpstops? That rule of thumb doesn't even make sense to me, really...for every inch of lift add an inch of bumpstop? That would mean your lift would only increase ride height and give no additional flex.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:59 pm

RespectMyLibertay wrote:

What's the point of extended bumpstops up front again? To keep tires from rubbing? Bottoming out of the strut? My suspension seems to travel fine all the way up to my stock bumpstops.
Just wondering?

bottoming out on the strut

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:31 pm

If you bottom out the struts enough....Bye Bye....

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