Thread: Bump stops

My guess is so that the axle doesn't hit the sump or thereabouts.
Regards Philip A

I've fitted those big ugly orange bump stops to my rangie. They're necessary to stop the sump and axle from fighting.

Thanks Dougal/PhillipA.

I guess the easiest way to check will be to pull the springs out once the Isuzu is fitted, and then lower it down to make sure there is still clearance.

Whats the best way to extend them if I need to? Longer bolt on ones, or some sort of fabricated spacer?

Steve

I give them 50% compression as well when checking clearance.
A spacer would need to have a step at each end to fit the original bracket, I considered it then just bought the ugly orange ones from the UK.

Yes I'm pretty sure it is factory. The Isuzu is a tall engine - if you put the V8 ones in you may bang the sump on compression.. (I think this has happened to some people who did Isuzu conversions from V8s...)

I noticed while changing the front springs and shocks on my county, that one bumpstop is 20mm thicker than the other one. I can only assume like others have said that it's to stop any arguments between sump and diff .
From memory the driver's side is thicker