Sky, you don't have to take anything apart to remove and replace the bump stop on my 2003. Check yours again.

 

how did you do it? my upper control arm is right in the way on top of the stud that goes through. there is literally no room to do anything

 

I am going to pick one up this morning from O'Reilly's . I see the Dorman lists the bump stop for the lower control arm P. N. 31064. Lower not upper. The Rock Auto cat. also lists it as a Lower Control Arm bumper. But the video shows it as an upper bumper on the 2000 4WD Blazer at around 7.xx! I just did a front brake job and had every thing off to get to the bump stop. Wish I had done this then.

 

O'Reilly's was supposed to have one of the two Lower Control arm bump stops Dorman 31064 delivered at 900 am this morning . I went in and it wasn't there. Now it should be in at the 200 pm delivery. It is now raining hard from the second Tropical Storm Colin, so I am not able to do the work anyway. Oh, yes, the second Dorman bumper should be in tomorrow at 900 am.

 

i didnt buy my new ones yet cause im still trying to figure out how to get the old ones out. looks like i gotta tear it all apart to get to the stud under the control arm

 

bump...

 

I replaced my driver side one with the dorman bump stops like you have linked in post #6. it fell apart while I was putting it in. Eventually I will just get GM replacements.

 

I just looked at mine. I need one on the left side as well.

From what I can see, and I haven't done this yet, so I'm not 100% sure, I think you jack the thing up as high as your jack will go (within reason), remove the wheel and place a jack stand under the outer end of the lower control arm, under the ball joint. Then slowly lower the jack all the way until the jack stand is supporting the thing. That should push the upper control arm up and out of the way. Be careful and stick a block of wood or metal in there between the upper arm and the frame an additional "safety support" just in case. If the jack stand slips, that gap you are working in will close with the full force of the spring.

Alternatively, support the frame on a jack stand like you normally would, and jack the lower control arm up to get access, use the metal/wood block as your safety device in case the jack drops.

 

thanks i will give it a shot this weekend and report back. hopefully it works out that way cause i really dread taking it all back apart. after a 3rd time ill be a pro at it though lol

 

UPDATE: well i was finally able to get back to work on the Bravada again now that im on temporary layoff from my work shutdown. i am happy to say i was able to get the old ones off by removing the castle nut for the upper balljoint, prying up on the upper control arm, then i placed a block of wood to hold the upper arm up and away which gave me enough room to get a ratchet and socket on the nuts. i broke the nuts off due to rust but once the nuts broke off the bump stops fell to the floor. now i just gotta get the replacements and reverse my procedure

i did try the way Racer_X described but i could not get the nuts to turn with a wrench due to the rust all it did was round off