Shane: Hey everyone. Shane here with etrailer.com. Today I have a 2013 Ford F250 Super Duty and I want to walk through how to install the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs for the rear axle. Air Helper Springs are going to provide extra support for your rear axle so your axle is not making up for what your suspension can't handle.Nice thing about having these springs is they can be aired up independently. If we have more weight on one side of the vehicle, we can add a little bit more air in that spring to help support that load on that one side. Now, if you're wanting to make it a little bit easier to add and decrease the pressure in your bags, there are compressors available. more
2/3/2021 10:08:42 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter Air Helper Springs Installation - 2013 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty- Video
Hi there, Ford owners. Today on your 2013 Ford F250, we're going to be installing Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 air helper springs.And this is what our airbags look like when they're installed. It's going to sit between the frame of the vehicle and it's going to rest on top of the jounce bumper plate, located right above our axle.Each airbag has its own independent air line going through it, so they can be aired up independently. This is nice if you need to adjust for any uneven loads that may be placed in the back of your vehicle.Each airbag will operate between 5-100 psi. Five is typically used when the vehicle's unloaded. You don't ever want to run it all the way empty, so five pounds is your minimum. more
5/24/2019 2:24:15 PM
Best 2013 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty Suspension Enhancement Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're gonna be taking a look at the best suspension enhancements for your 2013 Ford F-150, F-250, and F-350. Here we're gonna have a leaf spring style helper spring, followed by our airbag helper springs, and then over here we're gonna have a jounce style helper spring, and this is gonna be our lower overload helper spring, and then finally on the end, this is gonna be our upper overload helper spring.Each one of our types of suspension enhancements are gonna do the same thing. When we're carrying a heavy load or hauling a heavy trailer, they're gonna prevent the back end of our truck from sagging, causing more strain on your suspension, as well as lifting up the front end, creating less contact for our tires, and not a safe driving condition. They're all gonna prevent all those things from happening, so let's take a closer look at some of the benefits from each one.Now, our helper leaf springs here are not only gonna give us that load leveling support, but they're also gonna give us a little bit of anti-sway because of the way they're gonna mount. Our leaf spring style helper springs are gonna mount to our factory leaf springs. They're gonna activate our lower overload springs to help evenly distribute weight, ensuring the truck stays level for better handling, and it's gonna reduce side to side sway and body roll. more
7/26/2017 10:27:27 AM
Super Springs SumoSprings Air Helper Springs Installation - 2013 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford F250 we are going to take a look at and also show you how to install the SumoSprings Solo Custom Helper Restraint. These are for the rear axle. Part number is SSR-114-54. Here you can see our super springs Solo custom helper springs installed. These are an excellent solution for when you get those heavier loads in your vehicle and the rear end always sags down. The back of the truck is down, it does not offer a very good ride, especially at those hard jaunce bumpers that are typically in here. These give us a maintenance free solution as well so we are not going to have to worry about stopping by the gas station, putting air in the air bag system to level out our vehicle. more
11/9/2016 4:12:35 PM
Air Lift LoadLifter Air Helper Springs Installation - 2013 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford F250 Super Duty, we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Air Lift Loadlifter 5000 ultimate air helper springs with internal jounce bumpers, part number AL88396. Here's what they look like once they're installed. Some of the reasons you might want these, it's going to help stabilize your load, and if you have an off center load like one side is heavier than the other, you can independently air up each bag and get your vehicle set level. With the internal jounce bumper, it's going to help improve your ride quality. When you do have your vehicle riding level, you're not going to aim your headlights into the eyes of the oncoming traffic. These are going to help level your load up to 5000 pounds. You want to keep in mind, you have to keep at least five pounds of air in the bag at all times, and the maximum is going to be 100 pounds of air pressure when you're hauling a load. With many of our customers have said that these do work well with this wheel hitches, just have to use the original hardware that came with your fifth wheel hitch, the bolt through the center there, to mount your air bags. Our vehicle about any weight in it, at the rear wheel well, the bottom of the rear wheel well, it's going to be about 40 3/4", and on the front, we're going to be right at about 40". more
4/7/2016 3:41:31 PM
Firestone Air Command Kit Installation - 2013 Ford F-250- Video
On this 2013 Ford F250 Super Duty, we're going to show you the Firestone Digital Air COMMAND 1, part number F2490. This what a part looks like when it's installed in the vehicle. Actually we're going to start off in the cab of the vehicle and here is our controller. Very simple to operate. This controller controls both bags at the same time. Right now we can see a display right here that's set at 5 PSI, which is the minimum amount of PSI that a controller will allow in the bags. All right. more
10/22/2015 3:06:06 PM
Timbren Rear Suspension System Installation - 2013 Ford F-350- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford F-350, we're going to take a look at and show you how to install the Timbren Rear Suspension Enhancement System. This is Part Number TFR-350-SDF. Now the Timbren suspension and enhancement is an aon rubber spring. This is designed to take place to the jounce stop already in your vehicle. It's got the double design here that when your vehicle is empty doesn't affect ride at all. You've got just the same as what our factory ride would be. more
6/12/2015 3:08:39 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2013 Ford F-250- Video
Today, on our 2013 Ford Super Duty, we'll be installing the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs, part number F2535. Here's our truck with no weight in the bed. With our manufacture suspension, our ride height is 41-3/4 inches. We're going to add approximately 2,000 pounds of weight to the pickup bed of our vehicle. You can see, it lowers the ride height to 39 inches. Now once we have our new airbags installed and aired up, we're going to add approximately 2,000 pounds of weight to the pickup bed of our vehicle. more
6/10/2014 8:43:48 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter Air Helper Springs Installation - 2013 Ford F-350- Video
Today, in our 2013 Ford F-350, we'll be installing the Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Ultimate Air Helper Springs with Internal Jounce Bumper, part number AL88396. The difference between this Air Lift air bellow and another without the internal jounce bumpers, is that it won't be completely compressed like one that does not have an internal jounce bumper. First we'll go ahead and compress the air helper spring with jounce bumper. Then we'll do one without. Here is a side-by-side comparison. With the internal jounce bumper, it will prevent the air bellow from being pinched if you we're ever to lose air while the vehicle is loaded. Before we install our Air Lift air helper springs, we'll go ahead and do a test with some weight in the bed of the truck. more
10/28/2013 8:55:01 AM
