1999 Dodge Ram Pickup Vehicle Suspension Installation And Review Videos

Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 1999 Dodge Ram Pickup- Video

Today on our 1999 Dodge Ram pickup we'll be installing the Firestone Ride Rite air helper springs, part number F2071 from Firestone. With nothing installed on the vehicle and no air helper springs on it, we have an initial measurement of 36" from the ground to the top of the fender well. Once we added our water tank with approximately 900 pounds in it, our new height was 33 and 3/4 inches. For video purposes we've already gone ahead and put our vehicle up on a lift as well as removed the rear tires. We need to first put together the air helper spring and its brackets. We'll do it over here on a bench. We need to remove the two plastic caps that sit on top of the stud, then we'll need to go ahead and take the top bracket, we'll slide the two studs through the opening making sure that the large hole in the top bracket lines up with where our air fitting will go. Next we'll go ahead and install our 3/8th flange hex nuts on to them and them torque them down to the manufacturer's specification. more

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