Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs - Rear Axle
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Air Lift Vehicle Suspension
- Rear Axle Suspension Enhancement
- Air Springs
- Heavy Duty
- Air Lift
5,000-lb Capacity. Designed to upgrade your rear suspension, LoadLifter 5000 air springs provide high-quality, full-time load support. They level your vehicle, improving braking and ride comfort and reducing the strain on your factory suspension.
Features:
- Provides your vehicle with up to 5,000 lbs of load-leveling support, reducing strain on your rear suspension and improving both safety and ride quality
- Designed for heavy-duty applications such as 3/4-ton and 1-ton pickup trucks, motor homes, and commercial trucks
- Keeps your vehicle level when you are hauling a heavy load
- Improves steering and braking performance
- Helps to maintain safe headlight aim
- Keeps your tires from wearing unevenly
- Lets you manually adjust air pressure to get the even load distribution and support that you need
- Level your vehicle front to rear
- Inflate each spring independently for side-to-side leveling of off-center loads
- Reduces the strain on your OEM suspension caused by extremely heavy loads
- Improves overall stability and ride quality
- Diminishes sway and absorbs road shock for a smooth ride
- Comes with Air Lift's exclusive upper and lower roll plates
- Increases the load capacity of the air springs
- Protects springs from damage, extending the life of your air spring suspension
- Constructed of 2-ply, fabric-reinforced rubber
- Endcaps are made of high-strength Zytel nylon, which is lighter, stronger, and more corrosion resistant than steel
- Mounting brackets and hardware are included for installation
- Manual inflation valves and air lines are included
- Manual valves are typically mounted on bumper for easy access
- Compressor system with in-cab gauges (sold separately) can be added to monitor and automatically adjust air pressure
- Made in USA
Specs:
- Load-leveling capacity: up to 5,000 lbs
- LoadLifter 5000 springs will not increase your vehicle's weight-carrying capacity. Do not exceed the manufacturer's recommended weight limit.
- Adjustable air pressure: 5 psi - 100 psi
- Lifetime warranty
- 60-Day satisfaction guarantee
Air Lift's LoadLifter 5000 was designed with an exact purpose: to provide full-time, first-class support to your 3/4- or 1-ton pickup, motor home, or commercial truck. With this kit, you get a safer ride and simultaneously protect your vehicle from the strain that comes with hauling massive loads.
Carrying heavy cargo in your truck bed or trailer puts tremendous stress on your vehicle. Your brakes erode faster, your tires wear unevenly, and handling suffers severely. When towing, you might also experience excessive sway, bottoming out, and even improper and unsafe headlight aim. Fortunately, there is a solution to these problems. By pairing your existing suspension with the LoadLifter 5000, you can seriously beef up your suspension, ensure equal load distribution, and give your vehicle the support it desperately needs. Air Lift's LoadLifter 5000 provides up to 5,000 pounds of load-leveling capacity and distributes the weight of your payload to all four wheels. As a result, the stress on your OEM suspension is significantly reduced.
LoadLifter's air bags are adjustable from 5 to 100 psi for precise support, and they can be inflated independently of one another for front-to-rear and side-to-side leveling. They are made of high-quality, two-ply, fabric-reinforced rubber. Most air bags lose air at the ends, where the bag is enclosed with a steel cap, because the steel can rust and corrode over time, creating small holes. The endcaps on Air Lift air bags are fashioned from corrosion-proof Zytel nylon, a material that is both stronger and lighter than steel, ensuring that the air bags won't lose air. Also, LoadLifter 5000 comes with Air Lift's exclusive roll plates, which both protect your air springs and beef up the load capacity of the springs.
This system installs with the included brackets and hardware. Just mount the springs, inflate them, and ride. To inflate the LoadLifter springs, you just have to pump air in through the inflation valves. A line kit is included with the springs so that you can install the valves (one for each spring) in an easily accessible area - typically they are installed on the bumper. If you want to make the springs even easier to use, you can get a compressor and gauge system (sold separately).
Air Lift kits are designed to keep your vehicle at normal ride height. You can find the normal ride height of your vehicle by unloading it and measuring the distance between the bottom edge of your wheel well and the center of the hub. After you find and record this distance, you can regulate the amount of air that you put into your air springs to maintain normal ride height - even when you are hauling a heavy load. You will need to adjust the air pressure in your air bags according to the size of your load.
Along with a lifetime warranty that has no mileage restrictions, Air Lift offers a 60-day satisfaction guarantee. Just install and use LoadLifter 5000 springs for 60 days, and if you are not satisfied at the end of this time, you can remove them from your vehicle and return them for a full product refund. Now that's confidence.
57396 Airlift Load Lifter 5000 Air Bag Suspension Support System - Back Axle
Item # AL57396
Installation Details
This Product Fits The Following Vehicles
- 2011 - 2014 Ford F-250 Super Duty
- 2015 - 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4 Wheel Drive
- 2011 - 2014 Ford F-350 Super Duty
- 2015 - 2016 Ford F-350 Super Duty 4 Wheel Drive
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Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs - Rear Axle - AL57396
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (1036 Customer Reviews)
5,000-lb Capacity. Designed to upgrade your rear suspension, LoadLifter 5000 air springs provide high-quality, full-time load support. They level your vehicle, improving braking and ride comfort and reducing the strain on your factory suspension.by: Gringo Joe05/07/2024
The air bags fit nicely and work as expected. The only reason for not giving 5 stars is the directions… written and the video. You definitely need to have some logic and mechanical skills but it all works. Trying this without a lift (rack) is not a good idea.
Madison, my customer service rep was exceptional and got the product to me early. I would definitely use this company again.
by: Marshall 07/12/2023
The airbags work great and they were relatively easy to install. Very happy with them so far!
by: Mike05/30/2018
2015 Ford F-350 Super Duty
The product arrive in a timely matter as with everything that I have purchased from e-trailer , the only problem I had was there were some lock nuts missing from the package , 2 pouches were opened when I opened the box , [ this was from the factory not e-trailer fought ] the photo's in the installation booklet could have been a little clearer , my truck has sway bars and none of the photo's showed them that I could see and the installation book didn't talk about them , Had to figure it out on my own . Other than that no problems , took about 4 hours to install , a 4 point drive on lift would be a great help , also remove the spare tire , it helps
by: Ryan09/11/2013
2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty
Previously installed Firestone air helper springs in my Ford F250. Wish I would have ordered them instead of the Air Lift helper springs. While quality of Air Lift appears to be good, installation compared to installing the Firestone system is a real bear. Firestone easily as good quality and much simpler/easier to install.
by: John G06/05/2022
2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty
All & All working as expected. Install was straight forward but removing bump stops was a little challenging for they were rusted bad. My f250 rides level & smoother now when towing 11,000 lb. 5th wheel trailer.
by: Sean Q.06/15/2020
I purchased the Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs - Rear Axle for my 2015 Ford F-250 to pull at travel trailer. (Aprox. 6,000 lbs.) Installation was easy, took a couple hours. I coupled the air line hose through the license plate so I only had one air valve to install. I wasn't too worried about balancing left to right. I just needed to get my truck's ass off the ground when towing the trailer. No sag when the bags are aired up.
I keep them deflated to the minimum until I need the lift. Then an easy pump up with a bike pump and I'm off.
by: Tim03/23/2013
2012 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Fast shipping and excellent customer service. Will continue to purchase from etrailer. Took about 8 hrs to install the kit. I'm sure that would have been faster for someone who has done it before but I took my time. The air bags work just as I wanted and the kit appears to be high quality materials. If you purchase a kit take your time installing as it's best to fit and refit a couple times on parts of the kit to ensure everything is going as laid out by the instructions.
by: Michael 06/09/2023
Fit as advertised. I have 600 miles on them so far across the west with no issues yet
by: Chris08/22/2022
Works great! Now that i have onboard air, i use it alllll the time.
by: George Cederberg07/04/2019
2013 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
So far. Delivery was great. Box has a small slit in it. I haven't had time to unpack it, yet. It came on the 3rd of July. A lot of things going on. I will get back to you soon.
Thanks, Happy 4th!!!
by: Chris08/27/2021
Just what I expected. No surprises which is nice when ordering online
by: Leland 09/14/2022
Very pleased!
by: Michael04/27/2018
2015 Ford F-350 Super Duty
Great product. Easy to install. Took about 2.5 hours. Highly recommend
by: Adam06/23/2019
So far nothing but great.
Shipping came in two days.
Price was guaranteed.
Only good things to say
by: Dennis 08/30/2021
Speedy Delivery
by: Douglas03/21/2023
by: Adam08/17/2022
by: Curt 04/29/2021
She is awesome.
by: Rodney 09/20/2021
by: Don 04/05/2023
2012 Ford F-250 Super Duty
by: Eugene04/05/2023
by: Mike 06/29/2023
by: Rodney 10/05/2021
2011 Ford F-350 Super Duty
by: James 01/26/2022
by: Steven C04/10/2022
Air Lift air springs are good and dependable, use them for the last 25 years on three pick-ups always worked great. My complaint would be against the lousy packaging which came with two or three holes and all messed up, luckily all that was missing was one washer.
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