air bags hitting the bump stops!!!!!
 

I just added front air bags (dominator 2600) in the front end and at the same time swapped out to 72 control arms and hub assy`s for disk brake conversion. Now my bags are hitting the bump stop mounts on the lower control arms when deflated. have you guys run ito this before? I thought I did all my research before tackling this but I never read about this.
Am I gonna have to cut these off or is the bag not sitting right in the lca cup or??????

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yeah ... most folks cut the bump stop mount off the lower a-arm.

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dang man!! nowI gotta see about removing that lca again to cut it off. its always something

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Actually, I asked here several months ago if I needed to cut mine off and the answer I got was a resounding no. Go figure. Mine's not back together yet to see how it works.

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theres a downward bend at the bump stop mount that the bag hits and it doesnt look like the bag is catching on the metal but rather resting on it. Ill take a pic for you guys and post it in the morning.
All input helps guys!!!

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Yep, no bumpstops here.

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Cut it off while its on the truck. A sawzall or a grinder with a cut-off wheel will work. I usually leave the steering stop in place. Some people take the entire bracket off.
Then grind any sharp edges smooth.

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Are you laying that thing out, or plan to? That's the same bags as me, and they are HUGE!! I had to cut, and keep cutting lol to get it to lay flat.

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I've got soo many rides I forget, but don't these trucks front bumpstops just pull out? From on the truck, can't you grab and pull?

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I take the bump stop brackets off too.

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ive got the same bags and will be putting them in within the next month or so. if you take the old ones off, can you put a smaller one in there or will those get in the way too? michael bustamante, can you post some pics of hit hitting?

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michael , did you ever get some pics?

i know this is an older thread but i am about to encounter the same problem on my '69 and was about to post a similar question.

I have stock control arms and i am going to use dom 2600's. it looks like the bags might hit the hard bump stops and it looks like i need to remove them to get it to lay out. Is this the case?

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i would remove the bumpstop and bracket. ive had to do it on all my static dropped trucks.

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I cut mine off. I had always heard that you have to cut them off. I'm running Slams RE-7's and supposedly they have an internal bump stop.

DZL1.

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I guess i am going to need to see how low its going to with the bags in.

i am running 2.5 drop spindles.

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Heres the pic I got. As you can see, Its pretty obvious the bump stops gotta go. I ended up cutting them off with a sawzall and grinding down smooth.

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Heres a pic of mine:

DZL1.

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I cut mine off all the way..haven't hit the road in yet yet and probably won't until next year. u guys gonna run any bumpstops?

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dzl1 how do you like your slams? i notice you arnt running shocks, hows the ride?

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thanks for the pics. thats exactly what i needed to see.

how low can you go like that?

i am planing on running some kind of bump stop. dont know what yet

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No bumpstops for me, they will have air in them when in motion. Stock lcas with plates and cups wasn't very low at all on my truck.

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You have to run shocks. The bag itself is just a spring. Just think about taking the shocks off a coil spring truck and how it would ride.

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I am running shocks. you just cant see from the angle picture was taken. I like my slams very much, no complaints. One other thing, I also had to cut about 3/4 of an inch of the ends of the front sway bar. when aired out, the ends would rub on the bag.

Hey Michael Bustamante, I dont see a sway bar on yours?

DZL1.

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Cut mine off, and I am running upper and lower plates from jlaird here on the board.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/p...pictureid=4283

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I used a spot weld cutter an drilled the bracket welds out and used a air hammer to knock the bracket of then ground the control arm smooth. :chevy: