Bag Cups - ummm, is this a bad thing? lol - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Slammed '87 · 09-06-2005, 10:13 PM

I been having problems with my front end, after taking a closer look this is what i found. Apparently i need new A arms and bag cups lol. fortunately i never wrecked the bag, or caused any other damage. I guess its time too Z the frame.

bigred66 · 09-06-2005, 10:38 PM

what?? how??? WTF???

Slammed '87 · 09-06-2005, 10:49 PM

basically its from dragging the sh1t outta my front end. I actually had parked the truck for the winter to redo all the suspension but, pulled it out just for one more weekend of fun, and i guess it had takin all the dragging it would take. The lower A arm that the above cup came outta has a hole right through it pretty much. Its also caused from undue care as i was planning on redoing all the suspension this winter anyway; ie new ART strong arms, 1/2" port bags, 3 - 4" Z etc etc...

bagged01extcab · 09-06-2005, 10:59 PM

Never mind, I reread the post! LOL! Glad you didn't hurt anything else!

bigred66 · 09-06-2005, 11:19 PM

thats awesome good luck with the fix!

milehightoyz · 09-07-2005, 11:15 PM

Yikes

**N2TRUX** · 09-07-2005, 11:32 PM

Oh that is ugly! I was thinking WTF? How did he he have the cup mounted that it could rag. I never invisioned that was wearing through the A-arm to get to the cup..... Yikes!

XXL · 09-07-2005, 11:35 PM

I'm sure your local road repair crews appreciate the extra work.

Jaredm82 · 09-08-2005, 01:34 AM

thats dangerous man

bagged_and_bodydrop · 09-08-2005, 06:57 PM

Similar to what happened to me last week cept I drug threw it all and the whole lower arm came off. Yeah tore up a fender pretty good defently gonna need a new one. Didn't really hurt the wheel any.

Jaredm82 · 09-08-2005, 07:44 PM

Dont you guys check your stuff periodicly? I mean, before it gets to this point?

Z16 · 09-08-2005, 08:21 PM

Geez Slammed, first a photo radar ticket and then this!!

XXL · 09-09-2005, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaredm82

Dont you guys check your stuff periodicly? I mean, before it gets to this point?

I vote for a sticky thread that lists those who don't... so we all know who NOT to drive behind on the next poker run

bagged_and_bodydrop · 09-09-2005, 09:50 AM

Yeah, I check it just not every day and 80 mph on the interstate just aint good. It was worth it to be on the 4th Domination Video though.

67Fleet · 09-09-2005, 02:52 PM

"It was worth it to be on the 4th Domination Video though."

I hope so. But you might not be saying that next time when you wind up in the hospital or even dead. It's those kind of stunts that give our sport a bad rap. I'm not trying to sound like anyone's dad here, but 80 mph on a public interstate??? Come on, you're endangering everyone else's safety on the road including your own. And the unfortunate thing is nobody thinks about these kinds of things until someone winds up dead. Just my .02 though.....

NORCAL_GUY73 · 09-13-2005, 02:30 AM

I agree with 67 fleet... Thats just dumb... Like he said very well.. People don't seem to give a care until something bad happens.. All I know is I feel sorry for the fellow or gal that pulls that stunt that either damages my property or hurts me or a loved one... Cool for a video if you some where remote... I watched a guy wreck doing a willy at about 75mph.. as much as humanitarian as I am I had to laugh at the guy, for being so @#$%#$@ stupid... Just my two Cents...

Slammed '87 · 09-13-2005, 11:01 AM

i do check things out quite frequently. And like i said earlier, i don't really care about wrecking my lower arms cuz i am redoing it all anyway. I knew it was wearing thin. The reason all this happened was the castle nut had lost the codder pin and was two turns from my spindle falling off, hence the nasty angle of the damage to the bag cup. I dunno how that happend, cuz codder pins don't just fall out. I'm just glad i caught it when i did or i coulda ended up like bagged and bodydrop, or worse.

I once got pulled over by a cop for draggin and he was being a dumb ass saying he was gonna make me pay to have all the roads fixed in the area. LOL i'd like to see that. I have looked many times at the roads i have dragged on, namely in front of my parents house, on a secondary hiway, and you can't even see a mark. I think its funny all the people who think that roads get wrecked from draggin. I guess maybe if your dragging a trailer hitch they might, but i don't lol.

and about being dangerous. well i won't say its safe by anymeans, but when i first installed my bags i experimented (on a secluded hiway). I don't run any bumpstops up front so i wanted to see what would happen if i ever blew a bag or something happened like it just did. Going down the hiway at regular hiway speeds i dumped one bag, then both. I didn't lose control, or hit the ditch etc. It just kept going straight, with sparks everywhere of course. So i wasn't really worried about causing alot of damage other than blowing my bag. I was worried about the ball joint coming off though. I need to install my new oem a arms but she'll be fixed up and dragging again soon.

XXL · 09-13-2005, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Slammed '87

And like i said earlier, i don't really care about wrecking my lower arms cuz i am redoing it all anyway.

Do you care about wrecking my street?

67Fleet · 09-13-2005, 04:48 PM

You're just validating my previous statement. People like you give the entire sport a bad name. It's sad really. Maybe you should buy a mini-truck instead. Seems that would be a much better fit for you.....

Slammed '87 · 09-13-2005, 05:12 PM

don't you read the posts??? did i wreck your street or anyother for that matter? lol learn to read please!

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Originally Posted by XXL

Do you care about wrecking my street?

Slammed '87 · 09-13-2005, 05:14 PM

WTF does a mini truck have to do with anything, and how am i giving, apparently your sport, a bad name? LOL

You guys all make me wonder some times!

Quote:

Originally Posted by 67Fleet

You're just validating my previous statement. People like you give the entire sport a bad name. It's sad really. Maybe you should buy a mini-truck instead. Seems that would be a much better fit for you.....

67Fleet · 09-13-2005, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 67Fleet

People like you give the entire sport a bad name.

Maybe you should heed your own advice and "read" the whole post. I don't see anywhere where I said "my" sport. You'll realize one day when you grow up that there are consequences to your actions. There's a reason dragging is illegal. End of story.

Slammed '87 · 09-13-2005, 07:24 PM

:Liz:

XXL · 09-13-2005, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 67Fleet

You'll realize one day when you grow up that there are consequences to your actions.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slammed '87

:Liz:

Methinks we've found the crux of the issue.

DM310 · 09-13-2005, 07:51 PM

Ok now........ no one got hurt so lets not start the whole what if thing. I am sure he's not going to **** up his **** like that any more even though I am sure that sight of him tearing up the HWY was awsome

......... haha just messing. Everyone is guilty for doing **** when they know they shouldn't so lets not

anymore. now some one

09-06-2005, 10:13 PM	#1
Slammed '87 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary Canada Posts: 556	Bag Cups - ummm, is this a bad thing? lol I been having problems with my front end, after taking a closer look this is what i found. Apparently i need new A arms and bag cups lol. fortunately i never wrecked the bag, or caused any other damage. I guess its time too Z the frame. Attached Images __________________ If you can't rock the roads with your bumpers 1/2" off the ground, you're nowhere near low enough!

09-06-2005, 10:38 PM	#2
bigred66 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pineville, Mo Posts: 123	what?? how??? WTF??? __________________ Atom (bigRed66) 1966- C10 1995- Wide Body Talon 1987- Dodge Raider (4 sale) 2000- 4-door Nissan Frontier 2003- Ford Focus (wife)

09-06-2005, 10:49 PM	#3
Slammed '87 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary Canada Posts: 556	basically its from dragging the sh1t outta my front end. I actually had parked the truck for the winter to redo all the suspension but, pulled it out just for one more weekend of fun, and i guess it had takin all the dragging it would take. The lower A arm that the above cup came outta has a hole right through it pretty much. Its also caused from undue care as i was planning on redoing all the suspension this winter anyway; ie new ART strong arms, 1/2" port bags, 3 - 4" Z etc etc... __________________ If you can't rock the roads with your bumpers 1/2" off the ground, you're nowhere near low enough!

09-06-2005, 10:59 PM	#4
bagged01extcab Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Longview tx Posts: 270	Never mind, I reread the post! LOL! Glad you didn't hurt anything else! __________________ Trey Oney Last edited by bagged01extcab; 09-06-2005 at 11:46 PM.

09-06-2005, 11:19 PM	#5
bigred66 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pineville, Mo Posts: 123	thats awesome good luck with the fix! __________________ Atom (bigRed66) 1966- C10 1995- Wide Body Talon 1987- Dodge Raider (4 sale) 2000- 4-door Nissan Frontier 2003- Ford Focus (wife)

09-07-2005, 11:15 PM	#6
milehightoyz AttentionDeficitDisorder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: COLORADO Posts: 600	Yikes

09-07-2005, 11:32 PM	#7
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Oh that is ugly! I was thinking WTF? How did he he have the cup mounted that it could rag. I never invisioned that was wearing through the A-arm to get to the cup..... Yikes! __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

09-07-2005, 11:35 PM	#8
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09-08-2005, 01:34 AM	#9
Jaredm82 Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ca Posts: 211	thats dangerous man

09-08-2005, 06:57 PM	#10
bagged_and_bodydrop Just drag it Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: ardmore, oklahoma Posts: 98	Similar to what happened to me last week cept I drug threw it all and the whole lower arm came off. Yeah tore up a fender pretty good defently gonna need a new one. Didn't really hurt the wheel any. Attached Images

09-08-2005, 07:44 PM	#11
Jaredm82 Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ca Posts: 211	Dont you guys check your stuff periodicly? I mean, before it gets to this point?

09-08-2005, 08:21 PM	#12
Z16 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,508	Geez Slammed, first a photo radar ticket and then this!!

09-09-2005, 09:50 AM	#14
bagged_and_bodydrop Just drag it Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: ardmore, oklahoma Posts: 98	Yeah, I check it just not every day and 80 mph on the interstate just aint good. It was worth it to be on the 4th Domination Video though.

09-09-2005, 02:52 PM	#15
67Fleet Outlandish Trends - FL Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,396	"It was worth it to be on the 4th Domination Video though." I hope so. But you might not be saying that next time when you wind up in the hospital or even dead. It's those kind of stunts that give our sport a bad rap. I'm not trying to sound like anyone's dad here, but 80 mph on a public interstate??? Come on, you're endangering everyone else's safety on the road including your own. And the unfortunate thing is nobody thinks about these kinds of things until someone winds up dead. Just my .02 though..... __________________ -Bret 67 short-fleet sold!

09-13-2005, 02:30 AM	#16
NORCAL_GUY73 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ukiah, California Posts: 121	I agree with 67 fleet... Thats just dumb... Like he said very well.. People don't seem to give a care until something bad happens.. All I know is I feel sorry for the fellow or gal that pulls that stunt that either damages my property or hurts me or a loved one... Cool for a video if you some where remote... I watched a guy wreck doing a willy at about 75mph.. as much as humanitarian as I am I had to laugh at the guy, for being so @#$%#$@ stupid... Just my two Cents...



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09-13-2005, 11:01 AM	#17
Slammed '87 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary Canada Posts: 556	i do check things out quite frequently. And like i said earlier, i don't really care about wrecking my lower arms cuz i am redoing it all anyway. I knew it was wearing thin. The reason all this happened was the castle nut had lost the codder pin and was two turns from my spindle falling off, hence the nasty angle of the damage to the bag cup. I dunno how that happend, cuz codder pins don't just fall out. I'm just glad i caught it when i did or i coulda ended up like bagged and bodydrop, or worse. I once got pulled over by a cop for draggin and he was being a dumb ass saying he was gonna make me pay to have all the roads fixed in the area. LOL i'd like to see that. I have looked many times at the roads i have dragged on, namely in front of my parents house, on a secondary hiway, and you can't even see a mark. I think its funny all the people who think that roads get wrecked from draggin. I guess maybe if your dragging a trailer hitch they might, but i don't lol. and about being dangerous. well i won't say its safe by anymeans, but when i first installed my bags i experimented (on a secluded hiway). I don't run any bumpstops up front so i wanted to see what would happen if i ever blew a bag or something happened like it just did. Going down the hiway at regular hiway speeds i dumped one bag, then both. I didn't lose control, or hit the ditch etc. It just kept going straight, with sparks everywhere of course. So i wasn't really worried about causing alot of damage other than blowing my bag. I was worried about the ball joint coming off though. I need to install my new oem a arms but she'll be fixed up and dragging again soon. __________________ If you can't rock the roads with your bumpers 1/2" off the ground, you're nowhere near low enough! Last edited by Slammed '87; 09-13-2005 at 11:02 AM.

09-13-2005, 04:48 PM	#19
67Fleet Outlandish Trends - FL Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,396	You're just validating my previous statement. People like you give the entire sport a bad name. It's sad really. Maybe you should buy a mini-truck instead. Seems that would be a much better fit for you..... __________________ -Bret 67 short-fleet sold!

09-13-2005, 07:24 PM	#23
Slammed '87 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary Canada Posts: 556	:Liz: __________________ If you can't rock the roads with your bumpers 1/2" off the ground, you're nowhere near low enough!

09-13-2005, 07:51 PM	#25
DM310 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 256	Ok now........ no one got hurt so lets not start the whole what if thing. I am sure he's not going to ** up his like that any more even though I am sure that sight of him tearing up the HWY was awsome ......... haha just messing. Everyone is guilty for doing ** when they know they shouldn't so lets not anymore. now some one __________________ 66 C10 (under construction) 1.5" crossmember drop 2" Z'ed frame 8" rear notch Watts-link Bagged DJM 3" spindles Last edited by DM310; 09-13-2005 at 07:52 PM.

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