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home made bump stops

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home made bump stops

Post by skippy »

hey folks, I need some help figuring out how to or where to get bump stops for the rear of my spook.

up front I will space out the stock bump stop 1" which will fix the rubbing up front.

but in the rear i had already cut off the stock chassis stop plate to clear the disc caliper bleeder valve. I am thinking of a way to attach a new bump stop to the chassis.

anyone got any pics or links to something similar?
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Post by greg »

Weld some box of the appropriate size to the undernieth of the chassis in line with where the axel will compress into... Attach you bump stop to the underside of the box. done :)

But seriously - does the bump stop need to contact with the axel between the u-bolts - i would say not, so the above solution would work a treat wouldn't it?
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Post by skippy »

greg wrote:Weld some box of the appropriate size to the undernieth of the chassis in line with where the axel will compress into... Attach you bump stop to the underside of the box. done :)

But seriously - does the bump stop need to contact with the axel between the u-bolts - i would say not, so the above solution would work a treat wouldn't it?


only thing being greg is that I need bolt-on as I don't have a welder.
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Post by greg »

skippy wrote:only thing being greg is that I need bolt-on as I don't have a welder.


Completely Bolt On? Or Drill holes in chassis and then bolt on?
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Post by skippy »

greg wrote:
skippy wrote:only thing being greg is that I need bolt-on as I don't have a welder.


Completely Bolt On? Or Drill holes in chassis and then bolt on?


either. I had thought about finding a bump stop that has a plate on it that I could then use with ubolts to hold it to the chassis. unsure.

not even sure where to begin looking for alternate bump stops. anyone got any aussie web links?
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Post by greg »

skippy wrote:either. I had thought about finding a bump stop that has a plate on it that I could then use with ubolts to hold it to the chassis. unsure.


That was my idea - it sounds pretty simple really... and you could use the u-bolts to make it into 3/4 at the back too :)
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Post by skippy »

greg wrote:
skippy wrote:either. I had thought about finding a bump stop that has a plate on it that I could then use with ubolts to hold it to the chassis. unsure.


That was my idea - it sounds pretty simple really... and you could use the u-bolts to make it into 3/4 at the back too :)


'nah i got bigger n better plans for the rear suspension. :D
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Post by greg »

You could be really clever and put the bump stops on the top of the axel instead - that would mean no changes to the chassis if it was an issue for you...
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Post by skippy »

greg wrote:You could be really clever and put the bump stops on the top of the axel instead - that would mean no changes to the chassis if it was an issue for you...


i could do that. but either way I'm not fussed. might just wait until damo gets here and suss it out then. pretty sure he's not packed his welder into the container so we can go siiiiiiiiick and do whatever then. ;)
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Post by skippy »

something like this would be sweet. just gotta sniff out people who sell these things now.
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Post by M&M Custom Engineerin »

i can get bumpstops similar to those.

i will chase up sizes and prices tomorrow if you want me to
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Post by skippy »

mickbj42 wrote:i can get bumpstops similar to those.

i will chase up sizes and prices tomorrow if you want me to


cheers mick that would be fully siiiick mate. can you get them in yellow?
it's gotta be yellow to go with the riceness..bahaha
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Post by mud4b »

skip if you can make a trip to the sunnie coast you could use my mig.
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Post by skippy »

mud4b wrote:skip if you can make a trip to the sunnie coast you could use my mig.


we'll see what damo brings with him. I only really need to worry about in prep for the Outerlimits LCMP weekend. by which time I also hope to have the full rear suspension setup completed.

just waiting to hear back about a couple of contract jobs. keeping fingers crossed. need something to come my way pretty soon in the job market.
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