Register or Log In To remove these advertisements. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
09-03-2013, 04:33 PM | #1 |
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Manitoba
Posts: 184
|
limit straps for airbags?
How many of you here use limit straps for your airbag installs? I'm actually not concerned with limiting out the bags or shocks when driving as I can't really see that happening, but more so I'm concerned with pulling the bags apart when putting the truck on a hoist. I have a drive-on hoist but its going to a shop shortly for a government mandated 'safety check' before I can get permanent tags on it, and they only have a 2post.
I am running SS7 bags, ECE rear shock re-locators and kyb shortened shocks from ECE. I haven't 'tested' to see if the shock limits out before stretching the bag too much. thoughts? thanks |
09-03-2013, 04:50 PM | #2 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DALLAS,TX
Posts: 22,066
|
Re: limit straps for airbags?
I know I've read of some straps being used. I've seen SS cable cut to length w/crimped barbs to secure the loops & they were bolted to the frame/bag mounts. Another similar set-up used the nylon straps for tying down a vehicle on a trailer.
__________________
67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol. |
09-03-2013, 06:20 PM | #3 |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: AZ
Posts: 3,069
|
Re: limit straps for airbags?
Whenever I lift my truck up to work on it, and the suspension is drooped all the way down, I just leave about 10-15 PSI in the bags. This keeps them from stretching and pulling the rubber in an odd way. It keeps the bag round.
- Travis |
09-03-2013, 11:11 PM | #4 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Newcastle, OK
Posts: 1,344
|
Re: limit straps for airbags?
Glad to see this come up as I had concerns about this.
__________________
If you live in Oklahoma click this link |
09-04-2013, 10:42 AM | #5 |
Square
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Phoenix Arizona
Posts: 1,568
|
Re: limit straps for airbags?
its not really a concern. if you run shocks with a same stroke as your bags then you already have a limiter. but, your bags can handle being stretched. ALL BAGS will get small cracks around the cups when they hang and it is totally normal. they still have the radial woven between the rubber for support. I wouldnt leave the truck up in the air for days at a time without supporting the axles but it will be perfectly fine during inspections.
__________________
Squarebody Syndicate |
09-04-2013, 04:10 PM | #6 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DALLAS,TX
Posts: 22,066
|
Re: limit straps for airbags?
Quote:
The key thing to consider is failure from over extension might be dependant on the type of bag. Always check w/the manufacturer for their recommendations....
__________________
67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol. |
|
09-04-2013, 04:23 PM | #7 |
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Temple City
Posts: 3,628
|
Re: limit straps for airbags?
On sleeve bags for overload set-ups only bolt to the frame, and use a c channel to slip over the leaf.
|
09-06-2013, 04:26 AM | #8 |
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Lake Havasu City Arizona
Posts: 863
|
Re: limit straps for airbags?
I have firestone 9000s in the rear and made sure when I built it that my shock mounts were such that the shocks would limit the bags from over extending. You need some kind of limiter with a sleeve bag
__________________
|
09-06-2013, 05:12 PM | #9 |
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Manitoba
Posts: 184
|
Re: limit straps for airbags?
thanks for the feedback guys~
|
Bookmarks |
|
|