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
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
