Rigged up a video camera to take some video of my suspension while driving today and I noticed something..

Even on large bumps the bump stops never make contact with the axle. I am worried I am getting coil bind or maybe bottoming out my shocks or something?

Should these bump stops be making contact or what?

 

I'm pretty sure you shouldn't have contact under normal driving conditions.

 

Okay, then maybe Im good..

 

You don't want them touching under 'normal' driving. They are supposed to touch when fully articulating offroad or during high speed hits (desert racing, jumping sand dunes, that kinda stuff) so you don't have metal to metal contact or bottom out the shocks or have a tire rip a fender off.

If they are contacting on 'large bumps' on road, then they are too long. (or your coils are too short)

Can't comment on bottoming out your shocks, though, as that could be happening before the bumpstops touch?

 

Ideally you would hit on your bump stops only occasionally during high speed or large travel situations. That would prove out that you have the correct spring and shock rates for your particular vehicle suspension package and actual usage needs.

I hit my TF front bumps all the time, just on Freeway joints, should have left them off with the 33s I'm running.

 

In the half hour of video I took I didn't hit the bumps once. This includes expansion joints..