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Anyone have a bump stop installed on their truck suspension to keep the truck from going lower than a set amount? If you do, could you post a picture of it and where it is?
Anyone have a bump stop installed on their truck suspension to keep the truck from going lower than a set amount? If you do, could you post a picture of it and where it is?
I don't know what your truck is, but all the rear bump stops are on the bottom of the frame over the axle. They're mounted with 2 bolts
Anyone have a bump stop installed on their truck suspension to keep the truck from going lower than a set amount? If you do, could you post a picture of it and where it is?
1961 F100 2WD:
Upper pic - FRONT = See 3020 (shown at center of shock) / Lower pic - REAR = See 4730
Guess I should have been more attentive on my first post. The truck is a 62 Flareside. It's a resto-mod with a Mustang II IFS front end and a 4-link in the back, both with air bag suspension. The problem is the bottom of the travel has interference with the top of the fender on the front end and the back end interference manifests in the center crossmember hitting the drive shaft. As long as the minimum profiles are met, no interference occurs. The problem is location of the bump stops mainly for the front end, I have looked on-line for videos or photos of where the bump stop is located and mainly get OEM bump stop locations that really don't apply to my truck, hence the request for pictures. The back is pretty easy, locate the stop on each side of the axle and that should prevent the body from dropping low enough to hit the drive shaft. The main purpose of adding the bump stops is in case of a air bag/pump failure, just can't have the truck dropping down on the tire or driveshaft while I'm going down the road.
I have a 1962 Ford F100 . It came with a 6cyl and was swapped out to a 292 Y block - I'm going to change out the front leaf springs- The springs that are on it now have a a bump stop as shown in the image of this thread for a 1961 = specifically part number 4* 5459. Its a short bent piece with a stop on it-
I copied the diagram and put a red arrow on the part I'm talking about - The new leaf springs do not have these- Should I put these bump style ones back on with the new springs or use the rubber ones that are for a 1962 that look like they bolt onto the frame instead -
I have a 1962 Ford F100 . It came with a 6cyl and was swapped out to a 292 Y block - I'm going to change out the front leaf springs- The springs that are on it now have a a bump stop as shown in the image of this thread for a 1961 = specifically part number 4* 5459. Its a short bent piece with a stop on it-
I copied the diagram and put a red arrow on the part I'm talking about - The new leaf springs do not have these- Should I put these bump style ones back on with the new springs or use the rubber ones that are for a 1962 that look like they bolt onto the frame instead -
Appreciate it -
Art
You will have better luck starting your own thread, rather than piggybacking on this one.
If your new springs have the slot for those rubber pieces you pointed to I would install them. But I also would install the bump stops on the frame... You can probably find something to work even if it is not the original ones.
