Bump stop charge

[svc]

No, I haven't recharged them. I have ordered new factory shocks from a friend who took them off his truck when brand new. They just shipped today.

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Actually not true, lol, I just got back from driving through the mountain pass's, very salty, slushy roads and stuff. They are nasty though!

Realistically if you are using the truck as intended it's good to do a full service on your shocks and bumps yearly. The vast majority of trucks we see in the shop have blown stock shocks.

With regards to bumps, we try to keep ours in the 65-75 psi range and let the shock do most of the damping. Ideally you only want the bump there as a last line of defense. Keep in mind the stroke of your bump is taking up nearly 25-35% of your travel. Typically these kind of bumps are used on trucks with double the travel numbers, making the the bump far less intrusive during the shocks compression stroke.

I say get the new shocks on, give the bumps a good prep, keep the pressure no higher than 100psi. By the looks of your shaft, you aren't using the hole bump your last time out in the dirt. But then again, your O-ring is all the way at the bottom so unless you reset that before the last trip, I could be wrong. If it is the case that you didn't use the whole bump the last time out, and that is the normal type of off-roading you do, then keep those bumps on the lighter side because you still have about 2 in more of travel to use.

Hope this helps

Jarrett

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Realistically if you are using the truck as intended it's good to do a full service on your shocks and bumps yearly. The vast majority of trucks we see in the shop have blown stock shocks.

With regards to bumps, we try to keep ours in the 65-75 psi range and let the shock do most of the damping. Ideally you only want the bump there as a last line of defense. Keep in mind the stroke of your bump is taking up nearly 25-35% of your travel. Typically these kind of bumps are used on trucks with double the travel numbers, making the the bump far less intrusive during the shocks compression stroke.

I say get the new shocks on, give the bumps a good prep, keep the pressure no higher than 100psi. By the looks of your shaft, you aren't using the hole bump your last time out in the dirt. But then again, your O-ring is all the way at the bottom so unless you reset that before the last trip, I could be wrong. If it is the case that you didn't use the whole bump the last time out, and that is the normal type of off-roading you do, then keep those bumps on the lighter side because you still have about 2 in more of travel to use.

Hope this helps

Jarrett

That's really good info, thank you so much. Yeah, you are correct, I haven't reset the o-ring, nor would I know how. I'll adjust the pressure lower as well. My original shocks are pitted really bad from salt and crap from many many trips over the I-5 into Norcal, do you think those are worth keeping? I was gonna toss them in the garbage after I change them out. I haven't jumped the truck at the dunes for a year now either, just noticed this problem when I had my quad in the box and went over speed bumps and could hear the lack of support in the rear.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Not to derail here but is that no more than 100psi also good for fox bumps 2.5's?

 

[Gilligan]

Not to derail here but is that no more than 100psi also good for fox bumps 2.5's?

Jeff had me do 65-75 in my kings so I'd imagine so.

 

[svc]

That's really good info, thank you so much. Yeah, you are correct, I haven't reset the o-ring, nor would I know how. I'll adjust the pressure lower as well. My original shocks are pitted really bad from salt and crap from many many trips over the I-5 into Norcal, do you think those are worth keeping? I was gonna toss them in the garbage after I change them out. I haven't jumped the truck at the dunes for a year now either, just noticed this problem when I had my quad in the box and went over speed bumps and could hear the lack of support in the rear.

No problem,

If you want to reset the O-ring, just slide it up to the top of the bump stop when the bump is fully extended. The more you use the bump, the more it will slide down and let you know how much bump travel you're using.

Jarrett

 

[Bulletnjm]

This maybe a stupid question but are the bumps rebuild-able?

 

[CoronaRaptor]

This maybe a stupid question but are the bumps rebuild-able?

I'm thinking they are, but lets let a professional chime in on that

 

[Bulletnjm]

I thought so too, but just wanted confirmation

 

[svc]

I thought so too, but just wanted confirmation

Yes they are 100% rebuildable. They have a piston similar to a shock, seals, fluid and nitrogen just like a shock.

Jarrett

 

[scarrjack]

Yes they are 100% rebuildable. They have a piston similar to a shock, seals, fluid and nitrogen just like a shock.

Jarrett

At what psi do you guys send out the King bump stops?