Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2011 Chevrolet Silverado we're going to be installing Firestone's Ride-Rite Red Label Extreme Duty Air Helper Springs, part number F2702. This is where your airbag's going to be located. It's going to be between the frame and your axle, just on the inside of your leaf spring. It has an operating range from 5-150 psi. 5 psi for unloaded and 150 psi for your maximum load, which these can support up to 7,500 pounds. Now, do keep in mind that this does not add to the carrying capacity of your vehicle, it's only there to assist it and to help level out and redistribute that load.Now, when you compare these to other suspension enhancement systems, this one's going to give you the ultimate in flexibility. more
6/4/2018 1:32:20 PM
Best 2011 Chevrolet Silverado Suspension Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best suspension enhancements for your 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500. We got our three basic types of helper springs here. Here we're going to have the jounce-style helper spring. In the middle we're going to have our air helper springs. Here on the end is going to be our leaf spring helper springs. Now for each style of our helper springs here we do carry a full line of different products. more
8/30/2017 8:54:07 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today in our 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD, we'll be having a look at and installing the Air Lift LoadLifter 7500 XL air helper springs for the rear axle, part number AL57538. Here's what our airbags look like installed. These are simple bolt-in installation, with no modification required to our vehicle at all. These will help maintain our ride height, keeping our vehicle's suspension working as it was originally designed, making for a smoother ride, also helping with braking, stability, and turning. Just keep in mind, these aren't going to offer us additional towing capacity or additional weight-bearing capacity. They're just going to help maintain our ride height and ride quality when we have a heavy load or a heavy pin-weight trailer on our vehicle. This doubled convoluted design airbag system will support anywhere between 5 and 100 PSI of air pressure. more
4/24/2017 11:12:17 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter Air Helper Springs Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, we'll be installing the Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Ultimate Air Helper Springs with Internal Jounce Bumpers, part number Al88338. Now before we install the air bags, we're going to go ahead and take a dry weight measurement with nothing in the pickup from the bottom of the wheel well to the ground. Right at 41-3/4". Now we're going to go ahead and add 2750 pounds to the bed of our pickup. With our weight added, we'll now take a second measurement from the bottom of the wheel well to the ground. From the ground to the bottom of the wheel well, and it's dropped it 40", losing 1-3/4" with our weight added to the rear of the pickup. Now we're going to go ahead and run it through our test course. more
2/17/2015 11:26:28 AM
Timbren Rear Suspension System Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today we are working on 2011 Chevrolet Silverado. We are going to install the Timbren suspension system, part number TGMRCK15S. Our first step is to raise the suspension above the vehicle. Now that we have already done that, we are ready to go ahead and remove the manufacturer's bump stop. To do this, you'll need to remove the fastener that's located at the center of the bump stop. With the fastener removed, we can go ahead pop the bump stop out of the cup holder. more
2/26/2012 9:29:24 PM
