Timbren or Firestone Ride-Rite for preventing sag

ktmrider · Aug 12, 2010

about a new leaf pack Old man emu with the dual overload leafs.

Fortech · Aug 12, 2010

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One thing I noticed in the install instructions was that after you install bags, you shouldn't lift the truck by the frame, or the bags may break... That would suck. I always rotate my tires by lifting from the frame...

Is that really true?

Anybody with the Firestone Ride-Rite bags lift by the frame? Any problems?

I think I'm going to bight on these... I can't stand having a little boat behind me, and the truck all sagged out. Makes it look pretty whimpy....

Thanks for your input guys
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The only mention even close to this in the literiture supplied with my kit was to bleed the air from the bags before jacking the truck or the bags could tear - which they still don't even with the air left in them (from experience).

thinkingman · Aug 13, 2010

Fortech said: ↑

They don't hold the weight of the axle assembly, the shocks do. The axle will only drop until the shocks are fully extended, thankfully this doesn't exceed the travel on the bags to the point where they will tear. They do look extremly stretched out at this point, but then again they are manufactured from rubber.

You have the Airlift system so I can't really compare that to my Firestone setup. My father in law had the Airlift system on his Silverado though and never had a problem either.

I've had these bags for over three years, work part time at a garage, and have had the truck on a lift literally dozens of times over the years. The bags will be fine if installed properly. So what is your plan every time you take the truck to a shop for repairs? Kinda sucks that you have to remove the bags before putting the truck on a lift. I suspect the Airlift engineers thought of this before marketing the kit...

Finally, did you actually try this and rip a bag or are you simply speculating? I'm sure someone here with an Airlift system can comment.
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I'm speculating.
I don't have the balls to jack it up and see what happens.
I'm going to call Air-lift and see what they say and update post.

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