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Blew a bag today...

1.6K views 22 replies 15 participants last post by  BlAzIn04X  
#1 ·
Ok i figured this would happen to me just as i thought everything was going alright. I did the install like a month ago, and I guess we didnt cut the pocket enough for the 2600s. For the past two days i noticed the drivers side leaning down in the mornings. Didn't think too much of it, well on the way to school I air the front all the way up, and i thought it was good... Until I noticed it just creep down. I did it again and same thing. I got to school late, and listened for the leak. It definitely is coming from the bag and it seems to go down quicker everytime. It seems like we didnt cut enough from between the cab and the bag. Right now I'm still at school, and gotta be to work at 5 today. So now I gotta leave early go to my dads shop, take apart the whole dam thing AGAIN... and replace the bag and cut some more pocket. Should I do the other side also just incase?
 
#4 ·
well when its fully up theres a shit load of clearance but as soon as it lays out, the pocket sits on the bag. and i think it might rub on the way "up".

When airing up from fully laid, it makes a popping noise and then raising higher, almost like something is keeping it down. I was told the 2600s are known for making that sound. Do i have to cut more so it clears the bag when laid?
 
#10 ·
If you have free floating cups that could possibly be your popping sound when airing up after it is layed out.....its nothing to worry about, just the cups settling in the lower arms. If you have the cups tacked onto the lower arms then yes it could be your balljoints talkin.
 
#13 ·
I bought a 97 S-10 off of a kid on here that was already bagged, and I had the same thing happen to me. I was going up this steep hill, and all of the sudden my drivers side dropped. I aired it up, and it went right back down......I had to do this about 10 times until I got to the top of the hill, and by them i was out of air in my tank.

Long story short, it sucked balls, almost popped my tire, and I realized how much of a hackjob the truck really was.
 
#15 ·
dayum...... sux u bought a hack job...


But on thoose air springs do u have to cut for the 2500's???
 
#21 ·
hey i fixed it yesterday, it was a piece of the pocket that touch the bag for like 1in, I have pictures of it, and I took out my bumpstops and swaybar yesterday too. When I first installed them it was like 8 or 9 at night so i didnt have anymore time to take off anything else. The bumpstops were rubbing through the bag and i could even see the white mesh between the layers. W/o the sway bar its alot faster, side to side and even up. I looked on the other side when lay'd and it didnt look like it touched at all. I'll post pics in a few minutes.