Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer today. We're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Air Lift LoadLifter, 7,500 air helper springs on our 2014 Ford F250. Now features are one thing, but how the truck is actually going to perform once you have the airbags installed is another. So before I put the airbags on, I put some weight in the truck and drove it around to feel it out. Now that I have the airbags on, I threw the same weight in there and I'm really curious to see how it's going to improve. So why don't we hop in the truck, run through the test scores and see how it does So the first thing that we're going to do is straighten out a little bit here and we're going to go over some bumps to see how our suspension feels.Let me get going here, hit our first couple of bumps and actually right away, I'm pretty impressed believe it or not, these airbags make the suspension feel like it's much more forgiving. more
8/19/2020 1:58:17 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2014 Ford F-350- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Ford F350, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you to install the Firestone Ride-Rite red label extreme duty air helper springs, part number F2703.If you've every towed a heavy load or possibly a fifth camper or anything like that, you've experienced the sag in the back end of your truck. Now we all know that's going to cause a lot of drivability issues because the back end's going to go down, but the front end's going to go up, reducing our steering, braking and just maneuverability and the response that we're going to have. So before we start our installation we're going to take a few measurements.We're going to measure our rear fender height and that's going to be right about 41 inches. Then we'll move up to the front and measure that as well. The front also is going to be right about 41. Now let's go ahead and add a heavy load to the back and see what it does. more
5/16/2018 9:52:11 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter Air Helper Springs Installation - 2014 Ford F-350- Video
Speaker 1: Today, in this 2014 Ford F350, we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Airlift LoadLifter 5000 Ultimate Air Helper Springs with internal jounce bumpers, part number AL88396.Now, you're going to want a set of airbags in your truck like this, is because these are going to maintain your factory ride height, so you don't have to worry about your handling characteristics or your steering or your braking abilities being affected when you're towing that heavy trailer or have a heavy load in the bed of your truck. As we add weight to the back of the truck, the back will go down and the front end will come up. This affects a few things.Number one, it affects our headlight angle. Our headlights are now facing more towards the sky, and they could potentially blind oncoming drivers, and when they're not aimed down properly at the road like they should be. Also, it'll take weight off the front end of the truck, so we have less steering and handling capabilities. It will also cause a little bit more front tire wear, because the front tires now develop positive camber as the weight's taken off them, so it'll cause more wear to the outside edge of your tires. more
3/8/2018 12:09:02 PM
Best 2014 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty Suspension Enhancement Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best suspension enhancements for your 2014 Ford F-150, F-250, and F-350. Here we're going to have a leaf spring-style helper spring, followed by our air bag helper springs. Then over here we're going to have a jounce-style helper spring. This is going to be our lower overload helper spring. Then finally on the end, this is going to be our upper overload helper springs.Now each one of our types of suspension enhancements are going to do the same thing. When we're carrying a heavy load or hauling a heavy trailer, they're going to prevent the back end of our truck from sagging, causing more strain on our suspension, as well as lifting up the front end, creating less contact for our tires and not a safe driving condition. more
7/26/2017 10:27:46 AM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2014 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2014 Ford F250, we're going to take a look at and show you how to install the Firestone Ride Rite air helper springs. These are the double convoluted bags for the rear axle. The part number is F2535. Now to get started we're just going to record our factory ride height measurements before we have any load or anything like that in the vehicle. It looks like here in the rear we're going to be at about 40-1/2". We'll be at about 39-1/2" here in the front. Now we're going to load our truck up with about 150 gallons of water here just to simulate either tongue weight on the back of the truck or a load. Now here in the rear looks like we've come down to about 38-1/4". more
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