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My drivers side bump stop tower rubs against my spring. I dont know how or why this is happening. I am not sure if i bent it somehow.

Does anyone have this problem?

Does anyone have a solution that doesnt involve a come along or a chain on it and my buddy towing my jeep sideways from my bump stop tower.

Can you help me?
 
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I hear mine rubbing everyonce in awhile and the spring will clang around. No big deal.

Hunter
 
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My tower is off-center on the drivers side, but i have adjustable control arms so i can move the axle to center it again. Without adjustables you guys are kinda up the creek with no way to fix it except maybe smacking the tower out of the way, but i wouldnt' do that.
 
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If I understand your problem:
your bumpstop tower is rubbing on the inside of your spring. If you have used extended bumpstop tower spacers, or longer poly bumpstops, this will worsen the problem because of the bumpstop post angle relative to the spring axis.
If this is infact your problem, one way to overcome this is to ditch the bumpstop tower extension and leave it stock. Then, to retain the bumpstop height, you instead stack 1-3 hockey pucks on the bottom of the spring perch. This has the same bumpstop extension properties, but has NO rubbing when flexed. I did this and have no rubbing on a stock bumpstop tower. Regular hockey pucks do a nice job of this and are very reliable.
I simply drilled out 2 pucks, and drilled/tapped a hole in the spring perch to bolt down the hockey pucks. Others have just silicone "glued" them in place. I like the peace of mind of a bolt.
 
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I can't quite picture this, but the thing that makes the idea of putting the spacer on the top of the spring is because the post keeps it in place. I don't quite get how you keep the puck in place safely on the bottom of the spring. Pictures would help.
 
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am i missing something or are you guys WAAAAAY off topic
no one has answered the original post.... this isnt about stacking spacers on the bumptsop! Its about the bumpstop post rubbing on the spring (i assume the front bumpstop since its the longest and the only bumpstop that is actually INSIDE the spring.

Please look at my suggestion of stacking hockey pucks ON THE FRONT SPRING PERCH.... not stacking spacers. Please read the thread below!
http://www.nagca.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29155
 
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Mine rubs a little, but its cause my spring is broke at the very top causing my spring to kick sideways a little
 
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cuserunnah said:
am i missing something or are you guys WAAAAAY off topic
no one has answered the original post.... this isnt about stacking spacers on the bumptsop! Its about the bumpstop post rubbing on the spring (i assume the front bumpstop since its the longest and the only bumpstop that is actually INSIDE the spring.

Please look at my suggestion of stacking hockey pucks ON THE FRONT SPRING PERCH.... not stacking spacers. Please read the thread below!
http://www.nagca.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29155
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I was mainly confused because someone said to remove the spacer to solve the problem and then brought up hockey pucks. It confused me since we were talking about getting the axle further forward and not redesigning the bumpstop. I now understand how the hockey puck thing works and what he was talking about. I thought he was talking about putting spacers for the spring on the bottom and not on top. O well, he needs adjustable control arms to really solve it, done.
 
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If you do not have an adjustable front trac bar, then the springs will be pulled to one side to allow for the short original trac bar pulling the axle toward the passenger side. I would center the axle first with an adjustable front trac bar and then think about adjustable front control arms if that did not help.
If the metal part of the top bump stop support is rubbing on the spring, then moving the rubber bump stop extension from the top to pucks on the bottom is not going to help.
Those are some beefy looking springs, with a large wire size. What make are they?
Good Luck ;)
 
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Yea i agree that one side seems more off than the other due to the lack of adjusting parts on the suspension. Try getting an adjustable trackbar and bracket upfront and that should help. Adjustable control arms would also do wonders but i think the main thing is centering the axle.
 
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