Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty Vehicle Suspension Installation And Review Videos
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
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2/3/2021 10:08:42 AM
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
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8/19/2020 1:58:17 PM
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
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5/24/2019 2:24:15 PM
Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Ford F-250 Super Duty, we're going to be taking a look at, and showing you how to install, the AirLift LoadLifter 5000 Ultimate Plus Air Springs with Internal Bumpers, part number AL89396.What these are going to do for you, is when you're hauling a fifth wheel, gooseneck, heavy load in the back of the truck, and the back of your vehicle sags; what these are going to do, is these are going to allow you to raise your vehicle back up to factory ride height. It's much safer when you're traveling, or towing something.Another great thing about these, is you can air these up individually. So that if you have a load that is off-centered, or is weighted more on one side, you can air up one bag a little bit more than the other to bring your vehicle back to level.One thing I really like about these air bags, is even though they replace your factory bump-stops, they're going to have internal bumpers. They're going to help provide that adjustable load support of the air springs and give you the reliability of the jounce springs, so they're going to give you the best of both worlds there.And our bags are going to be constructed of a 2-ply fabric reinforced rubber, so they're going to be really durable, and last long time.This is what our fittings look like installed on our bumper. It's completely up to you where you install them. This is where I chose to install them. more
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8/29/2018 5:22:12 PM
Timbren Rear Suspension Enhancement Installation - 2012 Ford F-250- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Ford F-250, you're going to be taking a look at, and I'm going to show you how to install, the Timbren Rear Suspension Enhancement System, part number TFRTT350F.Before we install our suspension enhancement, what we want to do is we want to take a measurement to find our normal ride height. Now even though we're not going to be able to adjust the suspension enhancement system we're putting in, we do want to find out how much of an advantage it's giving us, or how much it's helping us out when we have weight added on to it. So we're going to take a measurement here in the back, and what we want to do is go from the ground up to the center of the wheel to the bottom edge, and looks like we're about 41 1/2.Now we've added about 1000 pounds of weight to the back of the truck, let's see how much it dropped. We'll take another measurement, again ground center of the wheel, lower edge of the fender here, it looks like we're at about 39 1/2. So we've dropped 2 inches in the back.The extra weight will put unnecessary stress on our factory suspension. It can also cause excessive tire wear, and effect breaking and steering.Now with the new enhancement springs installed, weight put back in the truck, let's go ahead and take another measurement and see how much it's helped us out. more
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8/16/2018 2:57:12 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
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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
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3/8/2018 12:09:02 PM
Air Lift LoadLifter 7500 XL Air Helper Springs Installation - 2012 Ford F-350 Super Duty- Video
Speaker 1: Today on this 2012 Ford F350, we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Airlift load lifter 7500XL air helper springs, part number AL57596.Now here's what our air bags look like installed. These airbags are great solution for those of you who are towing a heavy trailer such as a gooseneck or a fifth wheel or even a standard trailer with high tongue weight. Or are carrying a large amount of weight in the bed of your truck. This will allow you to maintain your factory ride height and have your braking and steering ability be the same as if you didn't have a heavy load in the bed of your truck. This will allow your front brakes to work better and maintain your steering and handling abilities, that way you don't have to worry about having poor control of your truck because you don't have the proper amount of weight over the front axle.These airbags will help support up to 7,500 pounds of weight. They're not going to increase your gross vehicle weight rating by 7,500 pounds of weight. more
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12/5/2017 10:37:11 AM
Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2011 Ford F-350- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2011 Ford F350, we're going to be taking a look and showing you how to install the Firestone Ride-Rite Red Label Extreme Duty Air Helper Springs, part number F2703.Give you an idea of what our truck is before we add our bags on or add weight to it, we want to get measurements of the normal ride height. So we're going to go from the ground to the top inside of the fender on the front and the back. About 36 and a half in the front, about 39 in the back. Now with the addition of the weight, we'll take another measurement. Looks like our back is dropped about an inch and a quarter and our front has come up about a half inch. Now what that's going to do, it's going to cause problems with your suspension, your steering and in turn your tires, put unnecessary wear and tear on your tires.It's going to raise your headlights, so they're not shining down at the road. more
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11/27/2017 1:09:43 PM
Best 1999 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty Suspension Enhancement Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best suspension enhancements for your 1999 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
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7/27/2017 10:37:37 AM
SuperSprings Suspension Stabilizer and Sway Control Kit Installation - 2004 Ford F-250- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2004 Ford F250 we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the SuperSprings Custom Suspension Stabilizer and Sway Control Kit, part number SSA13. Here's what our SuperSprings look like when they're installed, and these are going to install right directly over our factory leaf springs and give us some extra support. They are going to greatly reduce the amount of sagging in our truck when we're carrying a heavy load. They're also going to stop our factory leaf springs from twisting, acting as an anti-sway.Now, our SuperSprings are only going to be activated when our factory springs are under a load. These three holes here are going to give us an adjustment of not only the spring preload, but also the height adjustment. On the lowest setting we're going to have minimal to no height increase, but we're still going to have the support when our spring starts to sag. more
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7/26/2017 10:37:06 AM
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
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7/26/2017 10:27:46 AM
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
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7/26/2017 10:27:27 AM
Best 2012 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 2012 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, and then over here we're going to have a jounce style helper spring, and this is going to be our lower overload helper spring, and 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. They're all going to help prevent all of 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 going to give us that load leveling support, but they're also going to give us a little bit of anti sway because of the way they're going to mount. Our leaf spring style helper springs are going to mount to our factory leaf springs. They're going to activate our lower overload springs to help evenly distribute weight ensuring the truck stays level for better handling and it's going to reduce side to side sway and body roll.With our leaf spring helper springs, there is a little bit of customization. more
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7/26/2017 10:27:08 AM
Best 2011 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 2011 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
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7/26/2017 10:26:52 AM
Best 2010 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 2010 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
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7/26/2017 10:26:34 AM
Best 2009 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 2009 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
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7/26/2017 10:26:17 AM
Best 2008 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 2008 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
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7/26/2017 10:26:00 AM
Best 2007 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 2007 Ford F-150, F-250 and F-350. Here we're gonna have a leaf spring-style helper spring, followed by our air bag 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. Then finally on the end this is gonna be our upper overload helper springs. Now 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 our 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 help prevent all of 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 the way they're gonna mount. more
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7/26/2017 10:25:42 AM
Best 2006 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 2006 Ford F150, F250, and F350. Here we're going to have a leaf spring style helper spring followed by our air bag helper spring and then over here we're going to have a jounce style helper spring. This is going to be our lower overload helper spring and then finally at the end, this is going to be our upper overload helper springs.Each one of our types of suspension enhancements is 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. They're going to help prevent all those things from happening. Let's take a closer look at some of the benefits from each one.Our helper leaf springs here are not only going to give us those load leveling support but they're also going to give us a little bit of anti-sway because the way they're going to mount. more
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7/26/2017 10:25:24 AM
Best 2005 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 2005 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
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7/26/2017 10:25:07 AM
Best 2004 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 2004 Ford F-150, F-250 and F-350. Here we're going to have a leaf spring style helper spring followed by our airbag helper springs and then over here we're going to have a jounce style helper spring and this is going to be our lower overload helper spring, and 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 are going to prevent the back end of our truck from sagging, causing more strain on our suspension as well as lifting of the front end, creating less contact for our tires and not a safe driving condition. They're all going to help prevent all of 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 going to give us that load leveling support, but they're also going to give us a little bit of anti-sway because of the way they're going to mount. Our leaf spring style helper springs are going to mount to our factory leaf springs. more
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7/26/2017 10:24:46 AM
Best 2003 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 2003 Ford F-150, F-250 and F-350. Here we're going to have a leaf spring style helper spring followed by our airbag helper springs and then over here we're going to have a jounce style helper spring and this is going to be our lower overload helper spring, and 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 are going to prevent the back end of our truck from sagging, causing more strain on our suspension as well as lifting of the front end, creating less contact for our tires and not a safe driving condition. They're all going to help prevent all of 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 going to give us that load leveling support, but they're also going to give us a little bit of anti-sway because of the way they're going to mount. Our leaf spring style helper springs are going to mount to our factory leaf springs. more
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7/26/2017 10:24:29 AM
Best 2002 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 2002 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
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7/26/2017 10:24:11 AM
Best 2001 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 2001 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
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7/26/2017 10:23:09 AM
Best 2000 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 2000 Ford F150, F250 and F350. Here we're going to have a leaf spring style helper spring followed by our airbag helper springs, and then over here we're going to have a jounce style helper spring. This is going to be our lower overload helper spring, and 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 are carrying a heavy load or hauling a heavy trailer, they're going to prevent the backend 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. They're all going to help 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 going to give us that load-leveling support, but they're also going to give us a little bit of anti-sway because of the way they're going to mount. Our leaf spring style helper springs are going to mount to our factory leaf springs. more
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7/26/2017 10:22:52 AM
Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2012 Ford F-250- Video
Today in our 2012 Ford F-250, we'll be having a look at, and installing, the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs for the rear axle, part number F2597. Now, here's what our air springs look like installed. This will raise our vehicle back up to the factory ride height to allow our vehicle stock suspension in order to do its job properly. Now, even though these support up to 5,000 pounds of weight carrying capacity, they don't increase your vehicle's weight capacity, or gross vehicle weight rating, by 5,000 pounds. You'll still want to follow, and not exceed, the manufacturer's recommendations for the vehicle. Now, our airbags are inflated via standard inflation valve. As you see we only have one, because we use a union 00:00:42 on this truck, so we can air both airbags up just off one fitting. more
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7/10/2017 9:18:38 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter Air Helper Springs Installation - 2011 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2011 F250, we're going to be taking a look at, and installing the Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 helper springs, part number AL57396. Here's what our airbags look like installed. They're going to replace our factory John Stops 00:00:16, and these are going to provide up to 5,000 pounds of load leveling support, keeping the strain off your rear suspension, and giving you a smoother ride. Features a manual adjustment valve. And in our application, we have it going to a Y, so we only have one fitting for both airlines. Now, as you can see, we can either let air out, which is going to lower the ride of our vehicle. Or, we can add more air. more
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3/14/2017 11:42:29 AM
Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2012 Ford F-350- Video
Today in our 2012 Ford F350 Super Duty, we'll be installing the Firestone Ride Right Red Label Extreme Duty Air Helper with springs. Part number F2703. All right, now before we get started with our airbag install here, we want to get a couple measurements of what our truck is at factory ride height with no weight in the bed at all. This'll give us a good ideal comparison of what the airbags are going to do for us once they're installed and we have a large amount of weight in the bed of a truck. Let's go through the center line of the rear wheel here up to the fender well. We're about 44 inches, so we'll keep that in mind for our comparison. We'll do the same on the front. Okay, in the front here we're about 41 inches. more
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1/25/2017 10:26:21 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter Air Helper Springs Installation - 2012 Ford F-250- Video
Today on this 2012 Ford F-250 Super Duty we're going to review and install the Air Lift Loadlifter 5000, part number AL88396. A few things to know about our Loadlifter system is that it does have a capacity rated for 5,000 pounds. This does not increase your weight carrying capacity, so double check your suspension rating on your vehicle to make sure you can handle that kind of load. Now on the inside of each spring, has jounce springs built into it. This engages a lower air pressure to better absorb your road shock and minimize bottoming out. Before we get started with our install, we'll go ahead and put some weight in the back of our truck and see how much it sags the truck down. We'll go ahead and take a look at the suspension as it works with the load without the air bags in place. more
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1/16/2017 9:11:15 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
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11/9/2016 4:12:35 PM
Super Springs SumoSprings Air Helper Springs Installation - 2012 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2012 Ford F-250 super duty we're going to take a look at and then also show you how to install the SumoSprings solo custom helper springs. These are heavy-duty application for the rear axle, covering 2,800 pounds of support at 50 percent compression. Part number is ssr-114-54. Now before we get our suspension enhancement in place, we're going to get a couple measurements for comparison sake. We'll start by giving our factory ride height. Here in the back we're at about 40 3/4 of an inch, and here at the front it's about 40 1/2. Now, we've got about 175 gallons of water here in the back to simulate a load, pen weight or even tongue weight on the back of our truck. more
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6/6/2016 3:36:43 PM
Roadmaster Active Suspension Kit Installation - 2012 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2012 Ford F-250 Super Duty we're going to take a look at and also show you how to install the RoadMaster Active Suspension Kit. This is a heavy duty set up for F-250 and 350s, part number is RAS3622-SHD. Before we get our suspension enhancement in place we're going to get a couple measurements for comparison sake. Well start by getting our factory ride height. Here in the back we're at about 40 of an inch and here at the front its about 40 . At the 25% setting let's take a measurement with our tank loaded up here. It looks like we're going to be right here at about 39 . more
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6/1/2016 2:08:16 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
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4/7/2016 3:41:31 PM
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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4/5/2016 1:31:14 PM
Super Springs SumoSprings Air Helper Springs Installation - 2008 Ford F-350- Video
Today on our 2008 Ford F350 Super Duty, we're going to show you how to install the SumoSprings Heavy Duty Rear Axle Solo Custom Helper Springs from SuperSprings. Part number is SSR-114-54. Here's what our SuperSpring's going to look like installed. The SuperSprings are going to allow for better handling and ride when we're hauling those heavy loads around. This is going to help reduce body roll side to side, and it also smooths out the bumps. This has a progressive design, so when we're just carrying our light loads, we're not going to have much of a difference in the ride quality of our vehicle. more
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4/4/2016 2:22:30 PM
Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs Installation - 2007 Ford F-250- Video
Today, on our 2007 Ford F-250 Super Duty, we're going to take a look at and show you how to install the AirLift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs for the rear axle. Part number is AL57291. Before we make any changes to the truck, we want to get our original ride height, so we'll measure from the ground to the inside top edge of the fender well here on the back side and the front side of our vehicle. Here in the back, we're going to be just about 39 and 3/4 of an inch. Here in the front, it's about 36 and 1/2. We've loaded a tank in the back of the truck. more
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3/1/2016 12:31:30 PM
Air Lift LoadLifter Air Helper Springs Installation - 1999 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 1999 Ford F-250 we'll be taking a look at and installing the Air Lift Loadlifter 5000 Air Helper Springs, part number AL57215. Here's what your air bags will look like once they're installed. These air bags are going to improve handling while your vehicle is loaded, reducing the sway, ride height, headlight elevation and braking ability. With the load leveling capacity of up to 5,000 pounds. Here you will see alternating speed bumps, which will show the independent action and rebound of each side, like hitting a pot hole. Finally we will finish up with solid speed bumps, which are going to show the inaudible 00:00:43 and rebound of our air bags and rear suspension. Now I'll show you just how easy it is to install. more
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2/29/2016 11:36:16 AM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Today on our 2000 Ford F250, we'll be taking a look at and installing the Firestone Ride Rite Air Helper Springs, part number F2550. The first thing we're going to do before we start our installation is go ahead and check out our factory ride height on the rear as well as the ride height on the front. It looks like we're going to be right at about 41-1/8". We'll go ahead and put some weight in the back of our truck now to see how it differs. Now with some weight in the back of our truck, we're going to check that distance again. It looks like we came down to about 39-1/4". The rear has dropped 2". Now, we're going to go ahead and put some air in our air bags. more
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1/11/2016 11:16:11 AM
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
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10/22/2015 3:06:06 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2011 Ford F-250- Video
Today on this 2011 Ford F250 Super Duty, we're going to show you the Firestone Ride-Rite air helper springs, part #F2535. We're looking at the driver side here. Comes with all the brackets needed to attach to the axle on the bottom. This is our actual air spring right here. We'll also have all the hardware necessary needed to attach to the frame on top. Now, we'll go ahead and take a look at the passenger side. On our passenger side, have the same combination for your axle. more
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10/16/2015 2:36:32 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
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6/12/2015 3:08:39 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2012 Ford F-350- Video
Today on our 2012 Ford F350 Crew Cab, 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 style for the rear axle. Part number is F2535. Here's what the air bags are going to look like once they get installed in your vehicle. The Ride-Rite system you see here is the double convoluted bag. That gives us two areas to kind of hold the air and act as absorbers for us. more
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5/1/2015 11:56:06 AM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Today on the 2004 Ford F250 Super Duty Crew Cab, we're going to show you part number: #F2550. This is a Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs. All right, now before we start our install, we'll go ahead and get a quick measurement of the height of the truck before we install our air springs. From the ground to the top of the wheel well will be about forty and a quarter inches. We'll go ahead and put some weight in the back of the truck, then we'll go ahead and get a second measurement. And we are down to thirty seven and a half. more
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2/20/2015 12:32:31 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2008 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2008 Ford F250, we're going to be installing the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Spring. These are double convoluted and for the rear axle, part number is F2550. Before we install our helper springs from Firestone, we're going to get a measurement and see how this truck sits normally and unloaded. As you can see, we've got about 41 1/4" to the bottom edge of our wheel well. We'll put some weight in the back, that's going to draw that down some and we'll get another measurement. Now that we've added just a little bit of weight to the back of the truck, we're now going to see that the suspension's taken some of the load that we're now down to about 39 3/4". So, we lost about 1 1/2" of our level here in the rear. Here on our driver's side, just above our jounce, we do have the fuel lines that are going to run right through there. more
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11/18/2014 1:09:07 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2004 Ford F-350 Super Duty- Video
Today on this 2004 Ford F-350 Super Duty, we're going to install part number F2550. This is the Firestone Ride Right Air Helper Springs. A few notes about our install, is that to make things a little bit easier, we removed the spare tire to get it out of our way. Now also this vehicle had a previous set of air springs installed, and has since been removed. Typically there'd be a john stop that we'd have to remove from the bottom of the frame, but that's already been removed. We'll start with basically a bone-stock frame. There's pre-existing bushing that's in the frame. We'll need to reuse that. more
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9/19/2014 12:05:52 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2012 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2012 Ford F250, were going to be installing the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs, part number F2535. First, were going to go ahead and take a measurement before we install the airbags. Well go ahead and take a measurement here. Without our airbags in and theres no weight in the bed of the truck, were at about 40-3/4 inches from the ground to the bottom of the wheel well. Were going to go ahead and add approximately 1500 pounds of weight to the bed of this vehicle. Now were just over 38-1/2 inches. more
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9/10/2014 8:25:34 AM
Timbren Rear Suspension Enhancement System Installation - 2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Rate your transcript OrderClientKevin BrossRef #20515Order #TC0601312084 Today on 2004 Ford F250, we'll be installing the Timbren Rear Suspension Enhancement System, part number TFR250SDE. Just sitting on level ground, we have approximately 40 3/4 inches from the ground to the top of the wheel well. Without the Timbren Rear Suspension Enhancement installed, and with about a hundred gallons of water in the bed of the vehicle, it's squats the opening to about 39 1/2 inches from the ground to the top of the wheel well. Now that we have our system installed, now we'll go ahead and put the water tank back in the vehicle and we'll get another measurement. Now it measures 39 and 3/4 inches from the ground to the top of the opening in the wheel well. To begin with, we'll need to go underneath the vehicle and we'll need to remove the original bump stop from each side. We'll be removing the rubber piece by removing the bolt as well as the center spacer from each side. The bolt will come out from above the bracket. more
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8/14/2014 9:26:20 AM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2002 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2002 Ford F250, we're going to be installing the Firestone Ride-Right Air Helper Springs, part number F2550. Now we've gone ahead and added a water tank to our truck. This will help simulate the truck being loaded down. Now we'll go ahead and take it out on our test course to show you how the truck reacts with the factory suspension. You'll notice how much movement and sway the body of the vehicle has as we're on our test course. Now we'll go ahead and take our vehicle out on our test course again. more
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7/24/2014 2:39:24 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2005 Ford F-250- Video
Today on our 2005 Ford F-250, we'll be installing the Firestone Ride Rite Air Helper Spring Kit, part number F2400. First, we've gone ahead and raised the vehicle up, lowered and removed the spare tire to give us more access underneath the vehicle. Now, we need to remove the jounce bumper here on the passenger side. Keep in mind, loose so you 00:00:22 get the nut that secures the jounce bumper in place. The more difficult would be as the nipple at the top of the jounce bumper will come out of the frame, so maybe necessary to secure it with a pair of pliers or Channellocks. Now with the jounce bumper out of the way, we're ready to go ahead and install the upper bracket. The upper bracket will consist of the metal bracket, the attachment bolt that will go through the bottom of the bracket to this spacer block, then to the frame at the point of where we just removed the jounce bumper. We'll secure it with a large flat washer and 3/8 lock nut. We also secured the upper bracket using a 3/4 inch, 3 inch bolt flat washer running it from outside of the frame to the inside through the bracket, then adding a large flat washer, split lock washer, and 3/4 inch nut. With both fasteners in place and secure, we're ready to move onto the lower bracket. more
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7/14/2014 5:57:54 PM
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