So I had some time today and decided to fix my wind shield sprayer. I took out the drivers side battery to find that the acid had eaten through the line. Well easy enough fix. got some hose, took out the battery tray, sprayed it all down to neutralize, cleaned, painted and reassembled. I decided I should do the other one because how bad it was on the driver side and good thing I did, it was worse on the passenger side. Well I dropped the hold down bolt on the passenger side and had to find it. While I was looking I noticed that the lower control arm is touching the bump stop while it is sitting still.

Is this normal or have my torsion bars sagged? The truck has almost 150k miles on it.

i had the same thing happen to me my upper A arm was resting on my bump stop, it was the shock had crapped out and was resting on the stop replaced both of them and havent had a problem since. just my 2 cents

Normal to have the Lower control arm touch the bump stop on a stock truck.

My truck when stock wasn't just touching, it was resting hard on the jounce bumpers. Then again I have a CCLB. I have also seen pictures of newer model stock trucks with a 1/8" gap.

BTW I replaced both batteries and they weren't even dead. I saw one leaking a little bit and I didn't want to go though the clean up mess like you did.

Normal to have the Lower control arm touch the bump stop on a stock truck.

My truck when stock wasn't just touching, it was resting hard on the jounce bumpers. Then again I have a CCLB. I have also seen pictures of newer model stock trucks with a 1/8" gap.

BTW I replaced both batteries and they weren't even dead. I saw one leaking a little bit and I didn't want to go though the clean up mess like you did.

My truck has a pretty good rake to it, I think I will hike it up just a little to be safe. I didn't replace the batteries but they are damn clean now and everything is all repainted!

i had the same thing happen to me my upper A arm was resting on my bump stop, it was the shock had crapped out and was resting on the stop replaced both of them and havent had a problem since. just my 2 cents


I hate to tell you but the shock has nothing to do with the height of the truck. It is there to dampen bumps while driving. You could take the shocks out and the truck would sit the same height as before you removed them.

I hate to tell you but the shock has nothing to do with the height of the truck. It is there to dampen bumps while driving. You could take the shocks out and the truck would sit the same height as before you removed them.
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But the question that begs an answer is; why would someone design a suspension where the bump stop is an active part of the suspension? Virtually everyone I've seen is this way, including mine. Can't go any lower with the wheels/tires, so I was thinking of trimming a little of the stop. Kind of like tuning the suspension? :)

But the question that begs an answer is; why would someone design a suspension where the bump stop is an active part of the suspension? Virtually everyone I've seen is this way, including mine. Can't go any lower with the wheels/tires, so I was thinking of trimming a little of the stop. Kind of like tuning the suspension? :)


Funny, I was eyeballing mine and thinking about removing it altogether. Take the torsion arm out, remove the shock and see how high the A-arm will go without the shock... Then make sure the shock isn't fully compressed if the a-arm hits the metal stop. Keep in mind, I don't off-road.