Air Lift Ride Control Air Helper Springs Installation - 2018 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Hey, guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install our Air Lift Air Control Air Helper Springs on our 2018 GMC Sierra 1500. These air helper springs, or more commonly known as air bags, are going to mount to the side of your frame rail and in already pre-existing holes into the top of your leaf spring pack. And essentially what they're designed to do is to help limit the travel of your suspension. Whenever you're hooking up to a trailer or hauling a heavy load in the bed of your truck, the air bag's gonna take some of the weight so that your truck doesn't have to squat so bad and you can get the front end of your truck back on the ground, your headlights will be back, pointed at the road. A lot of times when people are towing super heavy things with 1500s, because they're built more for comfort than a 2500 or a 3500, they can tend to squat a lot in the back, and that's what these are designed to help with. more
4/22/2024 1:07:39 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2024 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we have a 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 AT4, and we're gonna be taking a look at and I'm gonna show you how to install the Firestone Ride-Rite air helper springs. The idea behind air helper springs is so that you can help to support the rear end of your vehicle when you're towing a trailer, or if you're like my friend here, this is his personal vehicle that he uses for work. He owns a concrete company, and he's got a lot of concrete tools in this toolbox and in the bed of his truck. So his truck is already constantly sagging. He's actually about a half inch lower in the rear than he is in the front. more
4/2/2024 1:54:49 PM
Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs Installation - 2019 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Hey everyone, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2019 GMC Sierra 1500, we're gonna be showing you how to install the Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 air helper springs for the rear axle. But before we do that, let's just take a minute, check these out, and make sure they're gonna work for you. Today we have a perfect example of a truck that could greatly benefit from a suspension enhancement like an airbag. With this setup, it's sagging really bad. We have a all-stainless steel dog kennel that sits on the bed, and the suspension could use some help, for sure. more
3/10/2024 8:23:10 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Ultimate Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2019 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer, and today, we're taking a look, and installing the Air Lift LoadLifter 5000, Ultimate Rear Helper springs with internal jounce bumper on a 2019 GMC Sierra 1500. Now adding airbags to any truck is gonna be great, especially if you have a bunch of different loads that you may tow, that maybe vary because you get the adjustability of having different air pressures for different loads, and it's just gonna take a lot of the strain off your factory suspension, it's gonna keep the vehicle from squatting, and overall, you're just gonna have a level ride which translates to better steering, better braking, and your headlights aren't gonna be shining up, there's a lot of different things, but overall, it's just gonna make it better for the driver. A lot of times, once you air those bags up with that heavy load, instead of the truck kind of sagging down and feeling like it's struggling, it's gonna give it that little extra supplemental help on that suspension to really feel like it's got a little bit more gusto to tow that trailer. Now these replace your factory jounce bumpers, which from the factory, they're fairly small, they bolt up here, and others actually has a lift plate that closes up the gap. But the problem is, is that suspension, it has to compress a decent amount before it bottoms out, and that means that truck is gonna sag all the way down until it bottoms, and then at this point, you're really not getting a whole lot of cushion, and that's where these come into play. You can adjust the pressure for, you know, the weight of the trailer, but also these have an internal jounce bumper, so it's gonna act as a bump stop as you're going down the road, so you still get that nice comfort of going down without a trailer loaded, but also it's heavy-duty enough to really supplement. more
2/15/2024 1:49:39 PM
Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2021 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2021 GMC Sierra 1500, we're gonna be showing you how to install the Air Lift Air Helper Springs for the rear axle. But before we get into that, why don't we check them out and make sure they're gonna work for your truck. So we actually have our air helper springs installed on the rear axle already. And before we get too deep into everything, what I want to do is just run them through the course and maybe we can throw some weight back here, see how the truck performs, see how you're gonna live with it when you are towing or carrying weight around. And also, I think it'd be cool too to drive around without any weight or without a trailer, nothing along in lines 'cause you're not gonna be towing stuff 24/7. more
8/26/2022 10:14:48 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Ultimate Plus Air Springs Installation - 2019 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Hello, neighbors. It's Brad here at etrailer. And today, we're taking a look and installing the Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Ultimate Plus. These are gonna be your rear air bags with an internal jounce spring on a 2019 GMC Sierra. Now, this is what the bags look like when they're installed, and they live where the factory jounce bumpers used to be. And a lot of times with those air bags, when you put them in, you do lose that internal jounce bumper. more
5/12/2022 8:54:03 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs Installation - 2018 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Ryan: How's it going Ryan here @etrailer.com. Today on our 2018 GMC Sierra 1500, we'll be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Air Lift Loadlifter 5000 Air Helper Springs for the rear axle. Now, before we put our airbags on, what we're going to do is take a measurement to find our factory ride height without any weight in the bed of the truck. Now, if we measure here at the front, from the ground to the edge of our wheel well, it's going to be about 40.5" and here at the back from the ground to the wheel well, we're going to be right at 41 inches. So I went ahead and put a significant amount of weight in the bed of our truck. And now we can take those same measurements. more
9/4/2019 6:12:12 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2018 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 GMS Sierra 1500, we're going to be installing Firestone's Ride Right air helper springs, part number F2430.When your vehicle has got a heavy load in the back end, dragging it down, it causes the front end to lift up. This changes the geometry of your front suspension, which can cause excessive tire wear, more difficult time maintaining a straight line and also, it degrades your braking performance. These air helper springs are going to help maintain proper ride height under a heavy load. This going to reduce stress on your rear suspension, it's going to help improve your tire wear back to its factory, it's going to also help improve handling and braking performance.Now, if you're comparing these to other helper springs on our website, such as Sumo Spring's Jounce Bumpers, these are going to offer the most versatility sine they can be inflated between five and 100 PSI, they can adjust properly for each load. Whereas, the Sumo Springs are just going to be static and work with your load, but they're not going to be adjustable.We'll start our installation by doing a little bit of pre-assembly. We're going to take our air bag and our lower bracket. more
10/26/2018 1:02:40 PM
Timbren Rear Suspension System Installation - 2016 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2016 GMC Sierra 1500, we're going be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Timbren Rear Suspension Enhancement System, part number TGMRCK15S. Whether you're hauling a heavy load or towing a heavy trailer, we've all experienced the vehicle sag in the back, which also causes the front end to rise up, which is never a good thing, because now we're relying on the rear axle to not only support the weight of our trailer, but also the weight of our vehicle. Our Timbren Suspension Enhancements is gonna provide us a lot more support and not allow the back end of the truck to come down as far, but still allow the suspension to move freely as it should.Now, our Timbren springs are going to replace our factory jounce stops and they're going to sit right above the axle. Now when it's unloaded it's not going to affect the ride at all, but they're going to become more stiffer as the more weight we apply, and they're going to provide us up to 8,600 pounds of load leveling support. I do want to mention these aren't going to increase your payload capacity. They're just there to help and support the weight of your trailer or the load in the back of your truck. more
11/21/2017 11:28:03 AM
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