torsion bar adjustement

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PhilD:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ernie Italy:
But it was necessary because the yellow bumper was completely pressed. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>HGW, what size gap should the bump stop have at the front? Reason I ask is that with the Fabtech kit I had about a 2" gap, which seemed awfully big to me, so I put in some thicker bump stops and now have about a 1/2" gap. I now have less brake dive and less sway around corners, although the ride is a little rougher on rough surfaces. The Fabtech bump stops disintergrated while wheeling. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>This is something that has bothered me since day one. I have gone round and round and can't seem to find anyone that truly knows the answers to this and I have tried to get the answer from anyone short of the suspension design team.

The average consensus (which astounds me if this is true) is that they are NOT bump stops. They are an integral part of the suspension. They call them jounce bumpers or something. I went through the parking lot last year and looked at all of the new '04 H2s and roughly half were riding ON the yellow stops and half weren't.

Of course, to eyeball the trucks most had the "rake" but some were not as noticeable. So, I am told that the suspension can "ride" on the jounce bumpers as they act as "end springs" or something along those lines.

One of my yellow bumper has already collasped about 1/4 the top part of it. I now I have my bars adjusted up and I swear it rides much better in the front. (that's only been done a week now, so has nothing to do with my other front end issues).

I would like to hear the "real" answer on the torsion bars/jounce bumpers/adjustments.