Rear Bumpstops Fitting Tip

[pacey205 2]

After mucking about in the freezing cold fitting some new bumpstops today I thought Id post up this tip for getting them in without too much hasle.

 

First off Im assuming the cups are in decent condition or youve bought new ones. What youll need is some grease/WD40 etc to use as a lubricant, a jubilee clip (big enough to go over the flared end of the bumpstop and preferably with a bit of width to it so it compresses the whole flare) and a screwdriver etc to tighten it with and enough room to work. I jacked the car up and took the wheel off.

 

First off get some grease and give the inside of then cups a small coating as well as the flared end of the bumpstop. You dont want it smothered just enough that the bumpstop will slide through the jubilee clip and into the cup.

 

Fit the jubilee clip over the end of the bumpstop where it flares out and tighten until the end is small enough to go in the cup (about the same diameter as the main body of the bumpstop or a little smaller if you can). Obviously as youve greased the bumpstop the jubilee clip will want to slide off but if you only give it a really small coating it will stay on. You want the jubilee clip lined up with the top edge of the bumpstop.

 

Then put the bumpstop with the jubilee lined up so the bumpstop sits inside the cup with the screw part of the jubilee sat on the edge of the cup so you can push against it. Push up on the bumpstop so it slides through the jubilee clip and into the cup. When enough of the bumpstop is in the cup you can then start to slacken off the jubilee clip whilst still pushing the bumpstop in. As its all greased up it should slide in nicely and youll end up with it sat in the cup and you can then romve the jubilee clip.

 

Obviously this is still a little fiddly but I managed to get both in this morning in under 10 minutes with numb fingers and it beats mucking about trying to prise them in with screwdrivers or similar.

 

Im sure people have got their own methods but I thought it might be usefull to post up as its one of those jobs that should be simple and straighforward but is generall a pain in the arse !

 

Michael

[jonnie205 1]

fitted loads of these, i usually fit new cups then just push the rubber bump stop into cup by hand with the help of some wd40

[pacey205 2]

Jonnie, I probably should have mentioned I was fitting some polyurethane bumpstops so fitting the rubber ones may well be alot easier , I cant remember the last time I fitted some.

 

Michael

[andrewhewitt 3]

i do the same as jonney. cup on, wd40 and a flat blade screw driver

[Jrod 7]

Thankfully my poly 'stops had a hole in them so you put them in the cup then bolt em up.

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

I welded a bolt to the cup, and then fitted the bumpstop with the cup held in the vice. Then the entire thing screws into the captive nut by hand, with a final tightening "nip" with a pair of stilsons.