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Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle

Part Number: F2071
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5,000-lb Capacity. Ride-Rite air springs enhance your factory suspension for safety and stability when you are hauling heavy loads. They reduce strain on your rear axle, keep your vehicle level, and adjust to load size for a consistently smooth ride. Great Prices for the best vehicle suspension from Firestone. Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle part number F2071 can be ordered online at etrailer.com or call 1-800-940-8924 for expert service.
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Firestone Vehicle Suspension - F2071

  • Air Springs
  • Towing/Load Leveling
  • Firestone
  • Heavy Duty
  • Rear Axle Suspension Enhancement
  • Suspension Only

5,000-lb Capacity. Ride-Rite air springs enhance your factory suspension for safety and stability when you are hauling heavy loads. They reduce strain on your rear axle, keep your vehicle level, and adjust to load size for a consistently smooth ride.


Features:

  • Maximize safe load-carrying capacity, increase stability and improve ride quality
    • Install between your vehicle's frame and its rear suspension
  • Keep your vehicle level when you are hauling a heavy load
    • Improve steering control and braking when you are hauling or towing
    • Level your headlight beams
    • Reduce tire wear
  • Maintain even load distribution with air pressure, leveling off-center loads
    • Air bags adjust manually, side to side, with individual inflation valves
  • Reduce strain on rear suspension
    • Prevent permanent sagging and excessive friction in leaf springs
  • Increase stability
    • Absorb road shock for a smooth ride
    • Soften contact between axle and frame to prevent bottoming out
  • Provide maximum load support and durability with rubber construction and double-convoluted design
  • Include all materials necessary for installation
    • Brackets, air springs, hardware, air line and separate valves for manual inflation
    • Switches and gauges, compressors, and air tanks (sold separately) are available for quick and easy air spring inflation/deflation from inside your vehicle
  • Made in the USA


Specs:

  • Load-leveling capacity: 5,000 lbs
    • Ride-Rite springs will not increase your vehicle's weight-carrying capacity. Do not exceed the manufacturer's recommended weight limit.
  • Adjustable air pressure: 5 psi to 100 psi
  • Limited lifetime warranty on air springs
  • 2-Year limited warranty on hardware


Note: The construction material of the fittings may vary.


Firestone Ride-Rite Air Spring Basics

Firestone Ride-Rite springs are designed to increase safety and reduce the strain on your vehicle when you are hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer. The springs partner with your existing rear suspension system to help keep your vehicle level, maintain even load distribution and increase stability. Hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer can make the rear of your vehicle sag and the front end rise. This puts more strain on your rear axle and reduces contact between your front tires and the road, causing problems with braking, steering control and traction. By adding air springs to your rear suspension, you can help to level your vehicle and improve braking and handling. The air springs also help to level your headlight beams and reduce wear on your tires.


Firestone Ride-Rite air spring airline installation

Adjustable Air Pressure

The air pressure in your Ride-Rite springs can be adjusted manually, side to side, to compensate for off-center loads. A centered load improves the stability of your vehicle by reducing body roll. The air springs will also help to absorb road shock and to soften contact between your axle and frame. This prevents bottoming out, thus improving ride comfort. Route the air line tubing for the springs to your vehicle's bumper to provide easy access to the manual inflation valves.


Firestone Ride-Ride air spring components

Air Spring Construction

Firestone's double-convoluted Ride-Rite air springs are designed to give you maximum load support and enhance the performance and ride comfort of your vehicle. The rubber springs provide cushioning between your suspension components and operate at up to 100 psi. The springs have four layers of reinforced rubber to ensure durability and enhance load support. A braided wire girdle creates the double-convoluted shape of each air spring, increasing the burst pressure of the spring. The rubber springs are attached to corrosion-resistant metal end plates with a time-proven, rolled crimp seal that keeps the bags securely anchored.


Firestone Ride-Rite air spring installation

Air Spring Installation

Each Ride-Rite kit includes custom-fit brackets that connect to your axle and frame. The brackets provide the mounting points for the air springs. Drilling may be required for some applications.



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5,000-lb Capacity. Ride-Rite air springs enhance your factory suspension for safety and stability when you are hauling heavy loads. They reduce strain on your rear axle, keep your vehicle level, and adjust to load size for a consistently smooth ride.

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    With Firestone Ride Rite kits like the part # F2071 the absolute minimum psi you will need to run is 5 psi. This prevents the bags from getting damaged. Typically people run the amount of pressure that allows the vehicle to sit as level as possible when loaded. Going with more pressure will cause the ride quality to be harsh and bouncy. Too little and the suspension may still sag. Trial and error is the best way to find the perfect amount. I attached a help article on Firestone air spring...
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    Other than saying that the air bags need to be kept between 5 and 100 psi, Firestone does not offer much in the way of specifics. The instructions mention that as a general rule of thumb, 1 psi will support approximately 40 lbs of load. Your best bet is to use enough pressure to level the vehicle, and then adjust plus or minus according to your personal preference. You can do this with the 5th wheel in place, and for the unloaded scenario. Keep in mind that using an air bag suspension...
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  • Firestone Air Bag Kit For A 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Club Cab Diesel Long Bed
    Hello, Russ. The Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs # F2071 is indeed the kit you need for a 1999 Dodge Ram 3500 4WD Club Cab Diesel with the long bed. Keep in mind this kit is not compatible if you have an in-bed 5th wheel or gooseneck hitch. Also the distance from the outside of the frame to the inside of the tire must be at least 7-1/2" in order for this kit to work so please do measure and confirm.
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  • Will Installing Air Springs Affect The Unloaded Ride Quality Of A 1997 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4
    Hey Bryon, Yes, even when the air springs are deflated down to the 5psi users have noted that there is still a difference in the unloaded ride quality. The severity of that difference depends on a lot of different factors, but I've mostly seen complaints from smaller trucks and SUV's which have softer suspensions. Since your older model Ram uses leaf springs you would be a little less likely to notice the difference compared to a newer model with coil springs though. The Firestone Ride-Rite...
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  • What is the Difference Between a Rear Air Bag System and a Weight Distribution System
    Basically, a weight distribution system moves some of the load up the vehicle frame so that the front suspensions bears some of the weight. Weight distribution spreads some of the weight from the rear axle to the front. An air bag system spreads the weight across the rear axle. Instead of having 2 springs bearing the load, you now have 4. When towing large trailers, air bags should not be used instead of a weight distribution system. A hitch and vehicle will have a Weight Carrying Capacity...
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  • Availability of Firestone Air Bag Kit that Fits 1996 Dodge Ram 3500
    Hey Shawn, so yeah Firestone does have a Red version of their air bag kits that has a higher weight capacity but for your 1996 Dodge Ram 3500 they only have the 5k version which is part # F2071. This would work just fine though as the higher capacity setups really only benefit the newer trucks which have the much higher towing capacities.
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  • Looking For Air Bag Kit And Compressor Fir 1997 Ford F-350 With 4" Lift
    Hello Adrian, thanks for reaching out. For starters, it is possible to add Firestone Ride Rite Air Bags to your 1997 F350 Crew Cab Long Bed Diesel 4x4 SRW with the 4" lift. The correct kit is part # F2071. You will need to use a spacer kit along with the air bags to compensate for the lift. A 4" suspension lift does not always directly equate to a 4" spacer though. In some cases a 4" lift would require a 2" spacer # F2366 or 3" spacer # F2368 but configurations can be different. A lot...
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    Hey Donald, Air springs are designed to help eliminate sag so one of the easiest ways to see how much pressure you need is to measure from the ground up to the of the wheel well arch without the trailer to get your factory ride height. Then you can hook up to the trailer and increase the psi until you get the ride height back to factory settings, keeping in mind that the air springs do have a psi limit. If you wanted to run your air springs with a bit more air in them unloaded that's...
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  • Will Air Bags Work on a 4WD 1993 Ford F-250 w/ a Gooseneck Hitch?
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  • Compressed Height of Air Bag of Firestone Ride Rite Kit
    Hey Manny, the overall height of the air bag that comes with the Firestone Ride Rite kit part # F2071 is 8.30 inches when at full height and 2.80 inch when compressed.
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  • Firestone or Air Lift Air Bag Kit Recommendation for 1998 Dodge Ram 1500
    Hey Bob, I would go with the Firestone kit part # F2071 that fits your 1998 Dodge Ram 1500. We have found that the Firestone air bags are the highest quality so it's the clear winner.
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  • Rear Air Bags for a 2001 Dodge Ram 2500
    Thanks for reaching out, Chad! The kit that you referenced, # F2220, is only compatible with a 3500 - Cab and Chassis so wouldn't work for your 2500 - Pickup. The kit that would work is part # F2071. This will work on 2WD and 4WD trucks. Something to keep in mind is that it's not compatible with in-bed hitch; product mounts in same location as hitch brackets. You also need to check the distance from the outside of the frame to the inside of the tire and that it's at least 7-1/2". There...
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  • Recommended Air Bag System for a 1996 Ford F-250 w/ a B&W Hitch
    No you can't, but I have an air bag system that will. For your 1996 Ford F-250 with an in bed hitch, I recommend the Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs item # AL57298. This system is compatible with your B&W hitch and has a 5,000 lbs load leveling capacity. This kit does require drilling but it and item # AL88298 are the only options available for your truck that are compatible with in bed hitches and they both involve drilling. The Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs item...
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  • Can B&W Gooseneck Trailer Hitch and Air Bags be Installed at the Same Time on a 1999 Dodge Ram
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  • Will Installed Air Bags Interfere With Installation Of Fifth Wheel On 2001 Ford F-250 Or F-350
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  • Looking For Replacement Upper And Lower Brackets For Firestone Air Bags On A 1995 Ford F-250
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  • Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs for a 1998 Dodge Rame 2500 Diesel
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  • Dimensions on Firestone Replacement Upper Bracket # F5376
    I went out to our warehouse to take a look at the Replacement Upper Bracket for Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Helper Springs # F5376 referenced in your question. The mounting holes on the side brackets are spaced apart 1-1/2 inches, center to center. The bracket itself has an overall length, with the side brackets included, of 13-1/2 inches and a width of 5-1/4 inches. Inside the mounting brackets the length is 10-3/4 inches. I have attached an image with these dimensions labeled that you...
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  • How Much Air Pressure Needs to Be Used in Firestone Air Bags
    The recommended pressure you'll need from the Firestone air bag kit part # F2071 will be the amount that allows the truck to sit level. The max pressure rating is 100 psi so you'll need to stay under that. When not towing you want to keep at least 5 psi in the bags at all times to prevent the bags from deforming and damaging themselves. For an easy way to inflate and maintain the bags you can use a compressor kit like the part # F2097. It gives you a gauge you mount in the cab of your...
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