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This doesnt seem right.

sidewaysstarion

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So a few weeks ago I installed a set of deavers on my rig and I've been noticed a loud banging from the rear when the suspension compresses (I jump my heep). I thought I was hitting the bumpstop or bottoming out the shocks, but I looked and found it was the spring clamps are hitting the body.:twak:Being this is my first set of deavers, is this normal?

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The photos are too small for me see what's going on.
 
I think Lowrange2 has it then. What length shocks are you running? How much uptravel do you have sitting at ride height? Are they stock mounting points at both ends?
 
Well I installed Daystar extended bumpstops on after I took those pictures, that's why I was under the jeep. But the issue is the spring clamps are hitting the body, not the amount of shock travel I have vs my bumpstops.
 
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Mark - you're going to need to create some sort of spacer to extend your bumpstop further to stop the springs from compressing/flattening so much. I had a 4" extended bumpstop bolted to a 2" piece of box tube bolted to the frame, and it still wasn't enough to stop my up travel where I wanted it to.

Ended up having to fashion a bump pad off the spring plate and connecting to the axle tube. (I'm riding a little higher than you though with JKS shackles and shackle box relocators)
 
yea, if youre jumping your pile, you need to make sure your bumps are in order. should stop once that is squared away.

I agree, but if the spring clamps are hitting the body before I run out of uptravel then why would I set my bump stops to limit my uptravel. The spring clamps hit when I still have another 1.5-2" left on the shock uptravel. If you look closely in the pictures the spring clamps are actually bent now from them contacting the body.
 
I agree, but if the spring clamps are hitting the body before I run out of uptravel then why would I set my bump stops to limit my uptravel. The spring clamps hit when I still have another 1.5-2" left on the shock uptravel. If you look closely in the pictures the spring clamps are actually bent now from them contacting the body.

who cares how much shock travel you have left. are the leaf springs inverting? you should have your bumps hit before that happens.
 
who cares how much shock travel you have left. are the leaf springs inverting? you should have your bumps hit before that happens.


Not even close to inverting.

So looking around it looks like Deaver might have installed my front spring clamps on upside down.

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:twak: I guess it's time to call deaver and see how I can go about getting it fixed.
 
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how old are the springs? my deavers were stiff as hell and didnt move around right for the first few hundred miles after i put them in. take some better pictures.
 
Maybe they are supposed to be used with longer shackles? That would be an easy fix but you might not want the extra lift.

Edit: nevermind, it looks like they're hitting in the front.
 
Ya know. I was going to suggest flipping the clamps that were hitting upside down but I didn't think that was right either... Apparently, I was right and wasn't aware.

I know the clamps on my leaf packs are totally different. They don't stick up off the back at all.
 
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