Originally Posted by bmgermany
I currently have little time but yesterday I removed my alli tooltray to have a look at the axle.

There I found a verry hard bumper in the middle of the hoop. Is this a Morgan version of a bumper?

And if it is a part from the factory - did you remove it?


Hi Bernt

Yes I think that is the factory bump stop. Pic of my 2006 4/4 below and mine looks a little thinner than yours. It wasn’t making contact and I didn’t remove it. My car would bottom on the heel board and the diff would hit the tool tray even with new springs.

Hopefully yours will not make contact when the new stops are fitted and optimised. You could always confirm by putting a smear of grease on the diff and seeing if it gets transferred to the rubber pad.

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Originally Posted by Gambalunga
If I recall correctly what Peter Ballard told me the Bilsteins have internal conical rubber bump stops.


Peter, re the bump stops fitted to the dampers.

You can buy them and retro fit them to other types of dampers too not just the Blisteins. But I’m of the opinion that the adjustable stops offer a little more precision when it comes to fine tuning the rear. There’s a huge variation in the tolerances between cars let alone the difference in height across a single car so a ‘one size fits all’ bump stop might be a compromise. Being adjustable there is a secondary subtle benefit with the conical stops other than their main purpose of preventing body impact. They do add some useful progressive stiffness to the springs towards the end of the compression travel. Early days yet but for those that like going around corners fast I suspect they might be having an effect on body roll too.

Roger
2011 Plus 4