It would be a good idea to wrap the air line with some plastic tubing to protect it from rubbing against the grame / sharp edges. Might be alright for the life of the truck, but a little insurance never hurts.
I thought most of the installation looked okay however I would definitely add grommets where he has lines ran through drilled holes those will definitely fail
Is your truck stock height I have a 6” lift I’m taking of and saw the little plates under the leaf spring is that standard? My truck has those and also a block so pondering on what all I take off
This setup looks pretty cheap. I put the Firestone Ride Rite kit on my F350 and it come with great instructions. Took me a total of about eight hours to install the airbags along with the Air Lift 72000 air compressor with wireless feature.
Dear Mr. Squirrel , Could you possibly comment on where exactly on that Ford you mounted those air springs? I’m trying to mount some identical springs/bags on my 93 Ford I basically. Restored top to bottom. It has been and continues to be an exhausting process to finally finish and ride this money pit I’ve created. I would be embarrassed to say how much just parts, primer, paint, and all of it cost , and that’s me doing it all myself, I have learned much though. I’m doing it for different reason than most would, so I’m also very curious as to exactly how the air system you used works, I need (possibly) to have slightly different pressure in each bag. Does that system allow you to adjust the springs/bags separately? I can piece mill my own if I have to, something already together would be better option though. You could throw in how your air springs and control system are holding up also if you see this comment. If you can offer any help/advice info I promise I will break my dog from chasing your kind anytime they get in my yard. Don’t worry, he’s never been able to catch one, lol. If you know any of the ones from over this way, could you ask them to lay off the bird feeders? I sure would be thankful if you could do anything at all on that last one!🤣🤣🤣 Hopefully your a fan of corny squirrel humor, I actually just put up bird feeders they can get into and they don’t have to break anything, soon I think this one will take stuff from my fingers. You probably have figured out I’m half stupid by now, lol, but any info on the spring would be much appreciated. Have a wonderful morning/midday/afternoon/evening/night which ever the case may be………over and out Mr. Squirrel…..
Excellent vid. If you wouldn’t mind, I’d love to see the stance of the truck with the airbags inflated, but without the camper. I have a 2012 F150 XTR and it has aftermarket airbags. I think I may have a leak and I might just replace with this system.
Good vid. My understanding is that your airbags should each have their own valve. Supposedly, the way you have yours allows air to change sides at will and could cause issues with tupping
At 3:30 it looks like the brake line is snaked between the two threaded bolts for the new bracket. It would be a very good idea to put some plastic or some kind of soft barrier between them so that the brake line doesn't vibrate and rub away on the bolt thread and cause the brakes to go out.
I had one break the other day on an old Ford navigator, brakes failed completely, but I was slowed down to a crawl by then, I got lucky, that right there was some of the best advice I’ve seen anyone comment on UA-cam, lol, mine got out of plastic hanger and rubbed frame, it got thin enough that it blew when I had to brake hard, great advice!!!
I’m more worried about how close that bag is to that leaf spring, lol, those bags are 2 ply, if that camper was heavy they maybe didn’t last long, idk. If I would have seen this back then I would have tried to warn him. Maybe he noticed in time. Those bags look exactly like what I’m going to use, they will compress down to 21/2 inches, I would never put them there, they look max inflated as well, seems wrong, but I’m not any expert, it’s why I’m looking at all these dang airbags on pickups videos, lol.
Do you have a link to this product? I am looking to install on a 1991 3/4t ram. Will likely need a different kit, but would appreciate the starting point.
Dumb question here, I know the bags help to to keep the truck level when carrying a heavy load but does it help with a better ride meaning maybe less bumpy/stiff bounce? Excellent video, very detailed. Do they make stainless lines instead of the hard plastic lines??
I’ve been wondering the same thing. That’s the main reason I’ve been looking into it. Try and take some of that harsh unloaded feel out of the leaf springs, rather than levelling up with a huge load on back. It would have to though wouldn’t it. You’d be sort of riding on the bag instead of the leaf?
@@johnrichardson8048 I think the trick is to find the balance between both, so you're riding a little on the leaf springs and the bags at the same time.
Chris You would have to remove some or most of the leaf springs to get a better ride. Steel springs hold and transfer all of the energy of a bump into the truck. Air bags dissipate a lot of the energy of the bump when they have an impact load much the same as a balloon does when you squish it. I have a Kenworth over the road truck that rides on 8 air bags and would never have steel springs instead. Never had a failure with the 8 bags and don't see one in the future. The Kenworth also has a self leveling valve that maintains the same ride height loaded or empty. The valve has a delay built into it so bumps or dips don't affect height.
Do they leak the ones I had they leak and even though I had the wireless remote they was airing up every three day to about 1-3 psi? So on my 2018 3500 I was thinking going timbrens I just install them and forget them.
Compressed air will lose pressure in cold weather. Water that passes through from the air compressor will condense and drop in pressure in cold weather and the opposite in hot weather
Those bags arent helping with sway plumbed together. When it sways one way its pushing air to other side. You should have seperate shrader valves for each. And you didnt fully back up on your ramps. Anytime you have air you need to use tape on your fittings.
That’s what I was thinking exactly, lol, if that camper was heavy at all, I’m betting they didn’t make it far, at best they were 2 ply, if I had seen this then I would tried to warn him, lol. I kept looking to see if it was just the camera angle, then I noticed they were mounted on the side of the mounting plate. I’m putting very similar air springs on an old Ford , I’m going for directly off of the leaf spring mounting plates, I’ll fabricated some hangers for the top to frame rails. The springs I have are for a drop axle on a dump truck, but they are identical almost to those. If your thinking of something like this, the big truck air springs for drop axles can be had at reasonable cost on line, just look for some place clearing inventory, I got mine at 70 percent off, dirt cheap for the grade of air springs they are, I’ve seen kits here and there online that just supply mounting hardware if you don’t to make it yourself. Maybe I just wasted all that , or maybe it’s of interest, I just noticed your comment looking over what others have done, I’m making it up as I go along 😬🤣, have a great day and good luck with everything your doing. Peace
Need to take the T out man when cornering ur pushing air to one side or the other vs having them independent. Also those lines routed around with hard turns likely have are goin to vibrate an chafe an eventually rub holes in itself...!
Your the only one that addresses the T pushing air from one side to the other when corning causing a nightmare. I agree. Is there a way to plumb these two air bags using one pump, not allowing air to swap sides as these will in this video. Happy leaning !!!
@@joemarotta2237 each bag needs it's own schrader valve. That would eliminate the chances of the bags adding to the sway while cornering or plumb them using a single compressor you would want to use solenoid valves to fill/empty the bags.
@@joemarotta2237 You can add a shut off value on each of the lines splitting from the T, going into the bags. But, that increases the number of points of failure. Best to keep it simple and run two separate lines, each with its own schrader valve. If you are rerunning the long line, put a nylon sleeve on it to protect it from chafing.
@@chomp54321 1999 Durango >>Thanks, ya I installed the bags in year 2000, separate schrader valves for each, and I have a leak on the left side for the last year that I just can't seem to find with soapy water. I remember those connectors for the plastic lines to bag fittings and back side of schrader valves were just push in type with no tightening possible. Perhaps upon heavy suspension hits those fittings are leaking off and on. I'm wondering how to get the lines out of those types of fittings, do you just pull like hell or is there some way to release them that I don't see? Nylon sleeves sound good to protect lines, but where does one find something like that ? I will dig a bit deeper on E bay and Amazon to see if any hits for that.
@@Tomsfoolery. Ya I'm trying to stay away from a great expense just to keep bags pressurized. I'm starting to wonder if those bags can get old and let air seep through the rubber, since I just can't locate my leak, left side. Installed in year 2000 and been leaking this past year. Might be time for new ones. Thanks for response..
It's not weight. Your truck is designed to only haul so much weight and your B truck license plate is for 8,000 gross vehicle weight(GVW). You can put 100 air bags on it and you still won't be able to haul more than 8,000 GVW
Thanks. Just ordered an air bag kit. Will use this info for reference.
It would be a good idea to wrap the air line with some plastic tubing to protect it from rubbing against the grame / sharp edges. Might be alright for the life of the truck, but a little insurance never hurts.
Murphy's Law.... is law.😊
I thought most of the installation looked okay however I would definitely add grommets where he has lines ran through drilled holes those will definitely fail
Is your truck stock height I have a 6” lift I’m taking of and saw the little plates under the leaf spring is that standard? My truck has those and also a block so pondering on what all I take off
Sonits been 2 years how have your air bags held up? I have a 05 3500 and was thinking about these bags??
0:47 Instructions on any products always suck big balls! That’s why I just crumple them and throw them away!😂😂💀
Awesome video bro
hell yeah your running trim in that thang 6:36
Truck should be riding like a tank going over rocks with all those leaf springs and air bags maxed out. Like the WW1 tanks.
This setup looks pretty cheap. I put the Firestone Ride Rite kit on my F350 and it come with great instructions. Took me a total of about eight hours to install the airbags along with the Air Lift 72000 air compressor with wireless feature.
Dear Mr. Squirrel ,
Could you possibly comment on where exactly on that Ford you mounted those air springs? I’m trying to mount some identical springs/bags on my 93 Ford I basically. Restored top to bottom. It has been and continues to be an exhausting process to finally finish and ride this money pit I’ve created. I would be embarrassed to say how much just parts, primer, paint, and all of it cost , and that’s me doing it all myself, I have learned much though. I’m doing it for different reason than most would, so I’m also very curious as to exactly how the air system you used works, I need (possibly) to have slightly different pressure in each bag. Does that system allow you to adjust the springs/bags separately? I can piece mill my own if I have to, something already together would be better option though. You could throw in how your air springs and control system are holding up also if you see this comment. If you can offer any help/advice info I promise I will break my dog from chasing your kind anytime they get in my yard. Don’t worry, he’s never been able to catch one, lol. If you know any of the ones from over this way, could you ask them to lay off the bird feeders? I sure would be thankful if you could do anything at all on that last one!🤣🤣🤣
Hopefully your a fan of corny squirrel humor, I actually just put up bird feeders they can get into and they don’t have to break anything, soon I think this one will take stuff from my fingers. You probably have figured out I’m half stupid by now, lol, but any info on the spring would be much appreciated. Have a wonderful morning/midday/afternoon/evening/night which ever the case may be………over and out Mr. Squirrel…..
Excellent vid. If you wouldn’t mind, I’d love to see the stance of the truck with the airbags inflated, but without the camper. I have a 2012 F150 XTR and it has aftermarket airbags. I think I may have a leak and I might just replace with this system.
Good vid. My understanding is that your airbags should each have their own valve. Supposedly, the way you have yours allows air to change sides at will and could cause issues with tupping
Thanks for the video Sr,it’s helps me a lot.
At 3:30 it looks like the brake line is snaked between the two threaded bolts for the new bracket. It would be a very good idea to put some plastic or some kind of soft barrier between them so that the brake line doesn't vibrate and rub away on the bolt thread and cause the brakes to go out.
I had one break the other day on an old Ford navigator, brakes failed completely, but I was slowed down to a crawl by then, I got lucky, that right there was some of the best advice I’ve seen anyone comment on UA-cam, lol, mine got out of plastic hanger and rubbed frame, it got thin enough that it blew when I had to brake hard, great advice!!!
Can you add a link to the product?
3 different tires bro? Minimal tread... and hauling a camper. Hope you drive safely in the KOA.
Haha! That was a dick comment.
I’m more worried about how close that bag is to that leaf spring, lol, those bags are 2 ply, if that camper was heavy they maybe didn’t last long, idk. If I would have seen this back then I would have tried to warn him. Maybe he noticed in time. Those bags look exactly like what I’m going to use, they will compress down to 21/2 inches, I would never put them there, they look max inflated as well, seems wrong, but I’m not any expert, it’s why I’m looking at all these dang airbags on pickups videos, lol.
Do you have a link to this product? I am looking to install on a 1991 3/4t ram. Will likely need a different kit, but would appreciate the starting point.
amzn.to/2C5ivN0
Dumb question here, I know the bags help to to keep the truck level when carrying a heavy load but does it help with a better ride meaning maybe less bumpy/stiff bounce? Excellent video, very detailed. Do they make stainless lines instead of the hard plastic lines??
I’ve been wondering the same thing. That’s the main reason I’ve been looking into it.
Try and take some of that harsh unloaded feel out of the leaf springs, rather than levelling up with a huge load on back.
It would have to though wouldn’t it. You’d be sort of riding on the bag instead of the leaf?
@@johnrichardson8048 I think the trick is to find the balance between both, so you're riding a little on the leaf springs and the bags at the same time.
Chris You would have to remove some or most of the leaf springs to get a better ride. Steel springs hold and transfer all of the energy of a bump into the truck. Air bags dissipate a lot of the energy of the bump when they have an impact load much the same as a balloon does when you squish it. I have a Kenworth over the road truck that rides on 8 air bags and would never have steel springs instead. Never had a failure with the 8 bags and don't see one in the future. The Kenworth also has a self leveling valve that maintains the same ride height loaded or empty. The valve has a delay built into it so bumps or dips don't affect height.
Do they leak the ones I had they leak and even though I had the wireless remote they was airing up every three day to about 1-3 psi? So on my 2018 3500 I was thinking going timbrens I just install them and forget them.
Compressed air will lose pressure in cold weather. Water that passes through from the air compressor will condense and drop in pressure in cold weather and the opposite in hot weather
@@lawrencefloyd9027 Thank you I got it now.
How does your truck "pull" your truck camper??
He miss spoke man give him a break
Those bags arent helping with sway plumbed together. When it sways one way its pushing air to other side. You should have seperate shrader valves for each. And you didnt fully back up on your ramps. Anytime you have air you need to use tape on your fittings.
Right on Bro !
Excellent comment 👍🏻
All I. Saying is Common sense goes a long ways..lol
When u air them up do they lift the back of the truck up a bit?
No, they make it go down.
Thank you so much
So after a couple years.. How's it holding out? the bags seem really close to the leaf-packs.
That’s what I was thinking exactly, lol, if that camper was heavy at all, I’m betting they didn’t make it far, at best they were 2 ply, if I had seen this then I would tried to warn him, lol. I kept looking to see if it was just the camera angle, then I noticed they were mounted on the side of the mounting plate. I’m putting very similar air springs on an old Ford , I’m going for directly off of the leaf spring mounting plates, I’ll fabricated some hangers for the top to frame rails. The springs I have are for a drop axle on a dump truck, but they are identical almost to those. If your thinking of something like this, the big truck air springs for drop axles can be had at reasonable cost on line, just look for some place clearing inventory, I got mine at 70 percent off, dirt cheap for the grade of air springs they are, I’ve seen kits here and there online that just supply mounting hardware if you don’t to make it yourself. Maybe I just wasted all that , or maybe it’s of interest, I just noticed your comment looking over what others have done, I’m making it up as I go along 😬🤣, have a great day and good luck with everything your doing. Peace
I see brakelines touching the threads of the bolts..
I think the air bag is too close to the leaf spring, that means you would have a risk that the air bag scraped by the leaf spring.
Thank you
Need to take the T out man when cornering ur pushing air to one side or the other vs having them independent. Also those lines routed around with hard turns likely have are goin to vibrate an chafe an eventually rub holes in itself...!
Your the only one that addresses the T pushing air from one side to the other when corning causing a nightmare. I agree. Is there a way to plumb these two air bags using one pump, not allowing air to swap sides as these will in this video. Happy leaning !!!
@@joemarotta2237 each bag needs it's own schrader valve. That would eliminate the chances of the bags adding to the sway while cornering or plumb them using a single compressor you would want to use solenoid valves to fill/empty the bags.
@@joemarotta2237 You can add a shut off value on each of the lines splitting from the T, going into the bags. But, that increases the number of points of failure. Best to keep it simple and run two separate lines, each with its own schrader valve. If you are rerunning the long line, put a nylon sleeve on it to protect it from chafing.
@@chomp54321 1999 Durango >>Thanks, ya I installed the bags in year 2000, separate schrader valves for each, and I have a leak on the left side for the last year that I just can't seem to find with soapy water. I remember those connectors for the plastic lines to bag fittings and back side of schrader valves were just push in type with no tightening possible. Perhaps upon heavy suspension hits those fittings are leaking off and on. I'm wondering how to get the lines out of those types of fittings, do you just pull like hell or is there some way to release them that I don't see? Nylon sleeves sound good to protect lines, but where does one find something like that ? I will dig a bit deeper on E bay and Amazon to see if any hits for that.
@@Tomsfoolery. Ya I'm trying to stay away from a great expense just to keep bags pressurized. I'm starting to wonder if those bags can get old and let air seep through the rubber, since I just can't locate my leak, left side. Installed in year 2000 and been leaking this past year. Might be time for new ones.
Thanks for response..
Do u have a product number for ur bags
amzn.to/2C5ivN0
i got a set for 2nd gen dodge instrucions are next to useless ,air bag it could at least have vidios up
What is the purpose of air bag suspension
Weight
It's not weight. Your truck is designed to only haul so much weight and your B truck license plate is for 8,000 gross vehicle weight(GVW). You can put 100 air bags on it and you still won't be able to haul more than 8,000 GVW
That's bad A!
So it's.
Terrible wind noise. Can't hear.