Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs Installation - 2007 Fleetwood Bounder Motorhome

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Speaker 1: Today in our 2007 Fleetwood Bounder, we're gonna be installing Air Lift's Lift Loader 5000 air helper springs, part number AL57140.This is what our air bags are gonna look like when they're installed. You'll get one for both the driver's side and passenger's side. It's going to mount between the frame of your vehicle and your front suspension here on your front axle.Here you can see our suspension with no air helper springs going over various terrains. And now you can see our suspension with our air bags installed, and now you'll notice that it's much more stable. There's not as much oscillation between our suspension and our frame, and overall, it's just a smoother ride.These air springs are gonna provide you with up to five thousand pounds of low bellowing support. This will reduce strain on your suspension and both improve safety and ride quality.
This allows you to level out an uneven load, so if it's tilting to one side or to the front or the rear, you can adjust this with these air helper springs.One of the benefits of having a level ride is that it improves steering and braking performance, because it keeps your suspension geometry in correct plane. It's also gonna decrease tire wear by making sure that the alignment is correct, this helps keep your tires level and going down the road straight so they don't scrub or rub on the road.You can also use it to help maintain proper headlight aiming, 'cause if you're loaded too far in the rear, the front's gonna lift up and your headlights are gonna point up towards the sky. If you're loaded too much in the front, it's gonna sag down the front, aiming them towards the ground. This way you can maintain that levelness and return those straight and have a nice, safe ride at night.The air bags themselves have Air Lift's exclusive upper and lower roll plates. These are constructed of steel and will help increase the load capacity of the air springs, protecting the springs from damage and extended the life of the air spring suspension.The air bags are constructed of two-ply fabric reinforced rubber, and the end caps are made of a high-strength nylon, which is lighter, stronger and more corrosion resistant than steel.
You can adjust the air pressure between five and 100 PSI to get the perfect, level ride. It comes with all the hardware you'll need to get it installed, including the air lines and fittings.You'll receive two manual air valves, so you can adjust both the right and left side. And our customer here has opted to install air bags for both the front and the rear, for complete suspension, load leveling control.We'll begin our installation under the front of the vehicle, we're on our driver's side here. We're gonna verify if you have a Jounce bumper, if you have one installed on yours, you're gonna need to remove it. We're gonna remove it using a half-inch socket, and we'll do the same thing on the other side as well.We'll now prepare our air bags.
We'll start by installing our air fitting into the air bag, that'll just thread into the hole here. You'll know you have the right side because there will be three holes on this side, the other side only has two holes. You'll wanna put it on the hole that's towards the outside.We'll then tighten that down using a 7/16ths wrench. You'll wanna make sure that you've got at least a couple of threads of sealant threaded down inside. That will ensure you won't have any leaks.
Now we'll install our top mount, that'll just sit into place there. We'll use the shorter bolts that come with it. Put on a lock washer followed by a flat washer, we're gonna thread one into each of those holes.We just want them to be hand tight for now, as we wanna be able to adjust it once we get it into position. And we'll do the same thing with our other air bag. Now we'll install our bottom bracket, and this is gonna be oriented depending on which side.So now that we've got each of our air bags like this, our driver's side will have this facing towards the outside, as this will butt up against the outside of the frame, and we'll want this bracket with the square holes facing towards the rear. If you're doing your passenger's side, it'll be just like this, as we want this towards the outside of the frame.So we're gonna be installing our driver's side now. So we'll have it oriented like this. So we'll flip it over, and we're going to be using the slotted holes that are on the same side of our air fitting. We're gonna use the same hardware that we did on the top bracket, that includes the bolt, lock washer and flat washer and thread it into those holes.Once

[@azizaviation]

Will the air bags get damaged if I fit the motorhome with the jacks and the wheels get of the ground?

[@etrailer]

Yes, they can be damaged. Your best bet would be to support the axles with jack stands when the vehicle is up on the leveling jacks.

[@azizaviation]

@@etrailer It is not practical to carry jack stand when I go camping. I am thinking to rap a steel cable loosely around the axel to the frame. In the event the labeling jacks lift the wheels, the steel cable will support the wheels without stretching the airlift. Thank you for the advise.

[@etrailer]

That's a great idea, just don't forget they're in place! Please let us know how it works.

[@anigallegos83]

How about when u use the level jack ...will the bag spand or stretch...

[@etrailer]

You want to level the motorhome from side to side with blocks before leveling front to back with jacks. This will not allow the tires to be lifted off of the ground. You do not want to be hanging the front or rear axle from Air Lift Helper Springs. www.etrailer.com/Vehicle-Suspension/Air-Lift/AL57140.html

[@anigallegos83]

@@etrailer will that fit my 09 safari simba, make by monaco f53 chasis. Safari simba 33sdd..