I have a 95 yota with the ats long travel kit 4wd. I got the sway-away bumps and I dont know if I should mount them resting on my a-arms at ride height or should they be an inch above ar maybe an inch compressed. If you have any pics of yours ar any that you have seen please post them, Thanks
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Here's a pic of my SAW bumpstop. I had them shortened so that they're 2 1/4" long. At ride height there's about 1" of space between the bumpstop and the a-arm. Make sure the bumpstop fully compresses just before your ball joints (or uniballs) bottom out. Then figure out where your ride height is. Then adjust the bumpstop length accordingly. You don't want your bumpstop contacting your a-arm at ride height otherwise the constant clankity-clank-clank sound you'll hear as you're driving down the road will drive you crazy.
You have to disassemble the bumpstop and install a sleeve that fits between the bumpstop shaft the body and it prevents the bumpstop from extending the full 4". I had Camburg adjust mine.
When we did ours the first time, they we're "in play" at ride height which is a drag sonce it's acting like a second shock and wears the pad at the end at a crappy angle for no good reason. When we remounted them we had them hit the top of a plate that the upper uniball bolt goes through which works way better due to the hugely reduced leverage on the bump stop. The way I did it was to cut 2 discs out of 1/4" plate with a 3" hole saw, drill out the center the same size as the uniball bolt, grind a 45 deg angle to give a place for welding the pieces together, then grind a hex the same as the bolt head into one of the pieces. Slip the bolt through both plates then weld them together and grind smooth to make a steel hockey puck for the bump to hit. I've attatched a pic of the assy on the truck, it's a little hard to see but it might give you an idea of what I'm talking about...
I just got done putting a Camburg kit on the front of a Tacoma and have the same problem all over again except without the body lift and due to a lack of room, the bump stop will not work on the upper arm so the only reasonable solution is to move it to the front of the lower arm and extend it outbourd so it can work properly, the only problem is adding enough mass to keep it from ripping off the frame but little enough material so it doesn't look like I welded a '69 cadillac off the frame rails...Curt
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