YOUR RESEARCHBump stop replacement - the cheat's way!
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My bump stops had all but vanished, and I really didn't fancy dismantling the suspension to put in new ones! As they were only £12 for a pair, I simply sliced them, fed them between the coils and super-glued them back together (waterproof glue, obvs). Took all of 30 minutes!
If the glue holds you've saved a load of time and pain.
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Glue should hold.. it’s being held together with the dust shield anyway. I guess if I really smacked a pothole it may give out
It's whether they actually hold when they get a whack doing their job. I'd be tempted to put a cable tie round. Good bodge though, saved yourself a few hours work.
Yeah, there is also a cable tie
BTDT the hardest thing was getting the remains of the old disintegrated ones off.
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What you see in my hand was the total left on both sides!
Nice work!
I thought about doing this on my front shocks but wasn’t sure if it was too much of a bodge, I’m going to give it a try. Which glue did you use?
But whatever you do is not worse than no bump stop! https://www.screwfix.com/p/ob1-biobased-fast-grip-superglue-20g/740ye?ref=SFAppShare
Hah, my mechanic is about to do bump stops and top mounts on mine - must show him this!
Not sure it would work with the top mounts
Good point, I’m forgetting everything has to come off anyway!
My bump stops are also on the way out and was surprised to hear from my local garage that it was not an MOT failure. If i don't get around to changing the from struts etc this winter, i might do the same job of slicing through the stop and inserting. Thanks for the tip.
It’s worth doing for £12 and 1/2 hour work
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