I know this might be a dumb question, but what are they and how do they work. I have read in the catologs that they stop the thumb caused by the shocks. I have that thumping noise and was thinking of buying these but I would like to know more about them. can anyone help?
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bar pin eliminators
- Thread starter Semper Fi
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yes and noSemper Fi said:
How's that for an answer ? OK, the barpin eliminators eliminate the need for stock bar pin. The thunk you're hearing is probably worn out bushing which could be replaced (you could do that withotu getting bpe's) and putting bpe's with worn bushings will retain the thunk. So pull the shocks off, look at the bushing, get some poly replacement ones and you should be good.
riverfever
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Ya know....I hear a thunk...I think....in my rear. I have a new leaf pack and shocks and bushings. It's not awful at all. But sometimes I think I hear something back there.
Not contradicting anything you're saying Kejtar...you ARE wise beyond you're ears. :wave: More or less just rambling.
Not contradicting anything you're saying Kejtar...you ARE wise beyond you're ears. :wave: More or less just rambling.
that all sounds good and makes sense, but I put a 3 inch lift on this summer and all the shocks were replaced and before you say it, I have tightened and retightened everything in the front and rear. The only thing I can think of is the swaybar bushings and maybe the shocks. That is why I was looking into the bpe's. thanks for the help
riverfever
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Mine makes a little bit of noise that I sometimes hear at low speed....like when I'm backing out of the driveway. I know everything is tight and new as well. I'm not really all that worried about mine. We know how much of a PITA it is to take the shocks off from the top. You'd hate to have to do that to install BPE's and find out it doesn't do squat. Maybe undo the lower nut and then go around the block or back out the drive and see if it's quiet? I'd just have to know before I even thought about taking those shocks off again.
AJPulley
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I use them and wish I did sooner. Wouldn't go without them, for the road that is.
GirlScout1
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Mine makes noise all the time. If it ever stop clunking and rattling I would pull over to see what fell off!
thanks for the help, I guess I will go get some and give them a try. I hate hearing noises from under the Jeep, I always think something is wrong when I hear them. I have owned 8 Jeeps now and loved everyone of them and everyone of them drove we nuts with thumps and bumps, sounds like my wife, love her but she drives me nuts sometimes!!
Frank Z
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I had an annoying thump coming from the rear and found that one of my shocks had crapped out. It actually sounded like a baby rattle when I took it out.
Roxtar
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WTF are you guys talking about?
All a BPE does is change the mounting style of your shocks from the OEM pin w/ two bolts to allow you to run an eyelet type shock.
It does nothing to effect the shock performance and you can't just add them to your existing shock setup to fix a noise or anything else.
Talk about SPOBI
All a BPE does is change the mounting style of your shocks from the OEM pin w/ two bolts to allow you to run an eyelet type shock.
It does nothing to effect the shock performance and you can't just add them to your existing shock setup to fix a noise or anything else.
Talk about SPOBI
ECKSJAY
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kid4lyf said:
They squeeze the eye bushing down to preload it, which keeps it from wobbling around and making it wear out prematurely. That wobbling around and lack of preload makes noise. OME shocks still use bar pins, but add washers and snaprings that go on to do the same thing. That's not SPOBI.
Roxtar
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I still call SPOBI.ECKSJAY said:
It's rare to see a shock with the bushing wobbling on the bar pin. (I did shocks and brakes 8 hrs a day at a tire dealership from 18 to 20 years old).
Is it possible? Sure but unlikely.
If you have a thumping coming from the shock, and it's not loose, I doubt it's coming from the way it mounts to the chassis.
The advantage of BPEs is that they give you a better range of shock choices and makes shock changing easier, especially on an XJ where the top rear is such a PITA.
They have virtually no effect on performance.
Jeepin Jason
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Yes.
Jeepin Jason
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kid4lyf said:
I absolutely agree. After dealing with the PITA it was to install the barpins on my first set of shocks, I got some BPE's for my next set and never looked back.
Roxtar
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I would get them because they make changing the rear shocks much easier, period.Semper Fi said:
They will not solve thumping, bouncing, or any other shock issues.
In the front I wouldn't bother.
Keep in mind, if you use them, you need to buy shocks that have eyelet mounts.
ECKSJAY
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Nine Mile said:
Impossible.
Roxtar
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Must be the BPEs.Nine Mile said:
Couldn't possibly be the fact that you, obviously, bought new shocks. :doh:
God knows the bushings in your new, eyelet mounted, shocks will NEVER wear out. :dunce:
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