yeah ive always wondered about bump stops also... like what size your looking for when lifting and i guess they are there just to stop your tires from pushing up into the sheetmetal right?

 

Not only. Leaf springs are made of harmonic steel that responds elastically linear only up to a certain flex. After that amount of flex it goes in the plastic non linear deformation. Bump stops keep the leaf springs in the elastic area.
For a general norm, leaf springs should never flex more than the installed lift.

 

what if you go with a stock like leaf lift... aka s10 springs... it gives roughly 5in so you dont want it to flex up more then 5 inches? or whatever stock s10's let them?

 

idk but in full flex my rear leaves can get a crazy negative arch. and none of my rires rub when im fully flexed out im really close but i cut just enough

 

Correct, but you are forgetting that the 5 inch travel is for flex in and flex out, on the other wheel you will have the contrary, this gives you 10 inches of total flex summed to the 10 inches of the front axle in a twist = 20 inches of elevation that corresponds to an almost 45° angle between the two axles.

 

Never give a negative arch to leaf springs unless you have parabolic leafs.

 

oops!! haha well they always seem to go negative and i dont got any problems so.................. i dont think that my leavs can touch the origonal bump stopes cuz i could curl up,on top of my leaves inside my wheel well(with the tire off)

 

yeah... lost there... maybe i should find a post somewhere with a barney style brake down so i can understand it better... lol... its ok though... ill figure it out...

 

yea well im still using stock leafs i just got blocks and custm shackels

 

If you don't have any problems then why are you asking for informations? or is it just to strut about your rig, grow up man.

 

noo i just want to make sure that im not ruining my jeep

 

why do any of us ask for information on here? i didnt take any of his posts badly... i took your post to him badly though...

 

What? I think i did answer a couple of your questions too, i can't stand it when people don't have respect, i am just helping you guys, and this is what i get...

 

you did... and thanks abunch! thats why it suprized me when u popped off at the other guy... not trying to make u mad... just didnt think it was right...

 

That's because he sounded more interested in showing off his rig than wanting to know things, maybe i'm wrong but just reread the whole thread from the beginning to have a better idea of what i'm talking about.