Spring adhesive for rubber?

these things are cheep enough to not need to try to glue anything. Put them on an 06 ram which I sold to my brother. 100,000 and still going strong.

I used double hockey pucks for my dually and they work just fine after 3 years, 25,000 miles with camper. They started to show some wear, so maybe in a year I will have to replace them for about $10 material cost.
Having thick material I countersink the bolt head and put double nuts on top for safety. End of the story.

Just make the upper pad thicker.

You could even take the new pad that you show on the spring...punch a hole in it and mount it above the existing pad but below the metal bracket (longer bolt may be needed to hold it in place).

That would avoid the complications of trying to attach something directly to the spring.

IMHO I would use hose clamps.
I would not trust zip ties for this application

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ticki2 wrote:
I apologize if my comments move away from you original question . I think there is a problem even if you find the proper adhesive . One of the surfaces in the picture should be slick ( steel ) to allow the spring to slide as it compresses or it will rip the top or bottom pads . Two rubber pads will have too much friction . At least that has been my experience .

That may be,l thought I would try it because one,it's an inexpensive way to have the bump stop hit the helper spring....Not that I really need it but it rides about 1/4 inch from the helper spring with the truck camper on loaded heavily and the air bags deflated as far as I dare...I think it would give me a better ride....

The TC is off the truck now and I'm hurrying to get it all calked up and ready for the road....Once I load it this time,it's on to stay atleast through hunting season..I'm mostly curious as to see if it makes any difference as I see all the post that it does..

I apologize if my comments move away from you original question . I think there is a problem even if you find the proper adhesive . One of the surfaces in the picture should be slick ( steel ) to allow the spring to slide as it compresses or it will rip the top or bottom pads . Two rubber pads will have too much friction . At least that has been my experience .

Jay
I am interested in what ends up working for you.


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Have you used the electrical SS zip ties from H D, do they hold up?

Using the pic above as an example, you wouldn't really have the room to put 1 u bolt in front of and 1 behind the bearing surface on the bump stop, but with the legs of the u bolt facing up, as long as there was sufficient distance between the main leafs and the overloads, under max load, for the thickness of the bolts to clear (5/16-3/8") you could just slap 1 or 2 on it with the strap on the u bolt on top of the rubber.

I didn't search hard, was a quick project before a trip, but my u bolts are about an inch wider than the springs which is not ideal. If you had bolts just wide enough to fit over the springs it would be better for clamping force and keeping the pad or block from moving around laterally.

I've thought about using those square U bolts on it to hold the rubber in place but I have never done anything like this before am really unsure what would be the best way to do this..I am guessing the square U bolts would do a better job holding it in place than the zip ties..

jaycocreek wrote:
I am wanting to secure the rubber to the spring as shown here(Not mine but similar) with all the zip ties around it..

My experience is that nylon wire ties don’t last very long...HD has stainless wire ties in the electrical dept...