bumpstop help needed

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:54 pm

confused ? what can be confusing? Buy 4 Hockey pucks, drill a hole through the center of each one, now remove the spring ( can do it with the spring in place but easier to remove, drill a hole through the middle of spring perch, paint it, reinstall the rear spring , now use a bolt 1/4 to 1/2 inch longer than the two hockey pucks ( 1.25 to 1.50 inch long bolt ) with a flat washer on top, lock washer and nut on the bottom. Put them inside of the spring bolt down through the hockey pucks and spring perch tighten and now do the other side. Nothing to it, very easy

mrneen · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:46 pm

tommudd wrote:

confused ? what can be confusing? Buy 4 Hockey pucks, drill a hole through the center of each one, now remove the spring ( can do it with the spring in place but easier to remove, drill a hole through the middle of spring perch, paint it, reinstall the rear spring , now use a bolt 1/4 to 1/2 inch longer than the two hockey pucks ( 1.25 to 1.50 inch long bolt ) with a flat washer on top, lock washer and nut on the bottom. Put them inside of the spring bolt down through the hockey pucks and spring perch tighten and now do the other side. Nothing to it, very easy

ok.... i am taking out the spring anyway.. changing to newer/ taller ones... sorry to be a pain.. but what is the spring perch?

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:09 pm

Not a problem and not a pain, just giving you a hard time !! :wink:

the spring perch is the sort of flat area that the bottom of the spring sits on

mrneen · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:14 pm

tommudd wrote:

Not a problem and not a pain, just giving you a hard time !! :wink:

the spring perch is the sort of flat area that the bottom of the spring sits on

does that come out?

mrneen · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:23 pm

also, i found this daystar rear bumpstop.... part number KU09041 does anyone know if this will work if i for some reason fail at the hockey puck idea...

all j products has them for $25 a pair from shipping.. and rockey mountain suspension has them for $10... $20 a set plus shipping... the question i have is that the one that daystar shows has a screw on the bottom. is this right?

here is the link to their site...
http://www.rockymountainsusp.com/W_poly_bumpstops.htm

its always at the bottom of the page on the left side...

and tom mudd thanks for ALL of your help so far. definitly appriciate it.

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:34 pm

mrneen wrote:

tommudd wrote:

Not a problem and not a pain, just giving you a hard time !! :wink:

the spring perch is the sort of flat area that the bottom of the spring sits on

does that come out?

No its welded to the housing, but with the spring out you can get in and drill a hole through it fairly easy

Some have even tried gluing them on but I would rather bolt it on and be sure it stays put

mrneen · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:42 pm

tommudd wrote:

mrneen wrote:

tommudd wrote:

Not a problem and not a pain, just giving you a hard time !! :wink:

the spring perch is the sort of flat area that the bottom of the spring sits on

does that come out?

No its welded to the housing, but with the spring out you can get in and drill a hole through it fairly easy

Some have even tried gluing them on but I would rather bolt it on and be sure it stays put

so you drill it completely threw it...

you have a pic of that by anychance lol

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:54 pm

No never thought of taking a picture of a ...hole! :lol:

just drill right in the center
heres my rear spring and you can see two hockey pucks stacked up also you can see where the springs sits

mrneen · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:10 pm

tommudd wrote:

No never thought of taking a picture of a ...hole! :lol:

just drill right in the center
heres my rear spring and you can see two hockey pucks stacked up also you can see where the springs sits

so i drill right thru where i marked... looks like about i inch or so?

thanks for the help.. once again... i hate being a newbie. lol

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:29 pm

The spring pad is maybe 1/8 inch thick once you look close there ia a raised area in the middle

mrneen · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:31 pm

tommudd wrote:

The spring pad is maybe 1/8 inch thick once you look close there ia a raised area in the middle

so i dont drill thru the frame then?

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:45 pm

No not through the frame just through the metal that the hockey pucks are sitting on in the picture

mrneen · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:51 pm

tommudd wrote:

No not through the frame just through the metal that the hockey pucks are sitting on in the picture

okay gotcha... now how does that hold to the frame then.... would i have to glue it down or something? or does the weight of the spring just keep it down.... and how does the metal piece come off.

vintageroy13 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:56 pm

new question. just finished the front ome springs and rancho struts. now what is the easiest way to get the teraflex bumpstops in. the old ones pulled right out but i cant seem to fudge the new ones in. any ideas would be great.

mrneen · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:32 pm

vintageroy13 wrote:

new question. just finished the front ome springs and rancho struts. now what is the easiest way to get the teraflex bumpstops in. the old ones pulled right out but i cant seem to fudge the new ones in. any ideas would be great.

have you found an easy way? anyone else have some pointer to installing the front extended bumpstops?

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:20 pm

put something "slippery" on the front edge of the bumpstop, push the rear part up in, then start the front, can try pry bars back into the spring, some have used a shovel same way, whatever you can use to put some pressure on it. I also used a wide flat screwdriver to push right at the edge at the top to start it in

tonycrd · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:33 am

vintageroy13 wrote:

new question. just finished the front ome springs and rancho struts. now what is the easiest way to get the teraflex bumpstops in. the old ones pulled right out but i cant seem to fudge the new ones in. any ideas would be great.

I used a shovel and it worked great. You put the tip of the shovel in the spring, then keep the lightly greased up bumpstop in place with one hand, pull up the shovels handle with the other and it pops right in.

tonycrd · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:59 am

Like this...

tonycrd · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:57 pm

mrneen...while I was fooling around with the paint program...maybe this helps you understand how the rear bumpstops work. You can reach the underside of the spring purch to fit the nut.

m_volyrakis · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:04 pm

Good work Tony!

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