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4x4 Related Groups => Tech Talk => Topic started by: midnightcowboy on March 18, 2010, 09:32:07 PM

Title: Bump stops
Post by: midnightcowboy on March 18, 2010, 09:32:07 PM

What did some of you guys doing after lifting your CJs or YJs? After 7-8" lift Im trying to figure out how to properly set up my stops so I dont tear fenders off.

Thanks

Title: Re: Bump stops
Post by: Eagle Jeeper on March 19, 2010, 12:22:29 AM

As a cheap fix I am planning on taking some 2" square tubing  and building a drop bracket for the existing bump stop and welding it to the under side of the frame. Something like this \_/  but with probably 45 deg. angles.   Thats the extent of my computer drafting abilities a shameless use of slashes and an underscore.

Title: Re: Bump stops
Post by: Knox on March 19, 2010, 12:50:10 PM

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/KnoxSteve/3-19-201012-48-07PM.jpg)

someday I'd like to model the Full Jeep...

Title: Re: Bump stops
Post by: Bnine on March 19, 2010, 01:19:39 PM

What eagle said. Square stock to space the stockers down from the frame. I also use 1/2" conveyor belt for the fine tuning.

Title: Re: Bump stops
Post by: Eagle Jeeper on March 19, 2010, 03:59:53 PM

What did you draw that up with its exactly what I was thinking.

Title: Re: Bump stops
Post by: yyc_tbird_sc on March 19, 2010, 05:18:28 PM

If you want an easy CAD program.....check out Google SketchUp. It's FREE and all the tutorials are online in video format, and it's pretty straight forward to use...here's the drawing I did of a trailer I'd like to build this spring/summer....
(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs153.snc3/18059_400275560528_670780528_10356906_3925950_n.jpg)

Title: Re: Bump stops
Post by: Eagle Jeeper on March 19, 2010, 08:26:26 PM

Thank you very much the download has begun

Title: Re: Bump stops
Post by: Knox on March 19, 2010, 08:39:36 PM

Google sketchup has some pretty cool features, and it is definitely a lot easier to learn than a full parametric modeling package.

but yeah the program I used was Pro/ENGINEER

Title: Re: Bump stops
Post by: Pookapotamus on March 19, 2010, 09:20:00 PM

i use autocad an autodesk inventor, with inventor i can even calculate the stress on the peices that i design!  8)