Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com wrote:
>
> Whew!
>
> With a bit of work on the day after Christmas, my father, brother and I
> were able to install the Firestone "Ride-Rite" air system onto the rear
> suspension of my Dakota. I took pictures of the whole process and will be
> making an HTML page for Jon to use here on the list. I used 3 kits obtained
> from our very own Patrick (shetland@erols.com) to make the final product. The
> end result is a fast inflating set of air-bags that can lift the frame almost
> 10" from the axle when the Dak is at rest and unloaded. Supposedly the bags
> will support 5000lbs, but the Dak would give out long before then and my tires
> would only handle 3900lbs at best. Max psi is 100 for "road travel" but can
> bounce much higher as the weight and road conditions vary. In the
> configuration I have it, it's very quick and I'm going to add on some more
> features later. I may even add on the "automatic" part of the kit that levels
> the truck whenever you start it.
> In any case, it is kind of neat the way it works. It wasn't perfect going
> on, but we got it to work just fine. Firstone made a couple of mistakes in
> the parts they included but we worked around them.
>
> Shaun H.
Shaun, Did you add these to ease the ride in a lowered truck??? Bob
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