Air pressure in Firestone airbags.
Where would you start? I know it will take some experimenting to get where I like it. But what's a good pressure to start out at? The truck does not sag the rear due to the camper. I don't get o...
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DWeikert wrote:
The way I do it is inflate the bags until the suspension just lifts off the overload springs, then reduce the pressure so the overloads make contact. That way you're using all the steel to help reduce sway.
I've yet to find a load that would make my overloads contact at ride height. Even now, I spaced them up 1/2", and my 5er, which has ~2200 pounds of pin weight, doesn't even get it close. My truck camper weighed 3,000 pounds and the overloads still wouldn't hit (this is before I spaced them up) at ride height. It's unclear to me why they bothered installing them considering they only kick in when the suspension compresses under dynamic load. Loaded only to GVWR, I doubt they'd ever hit, absent a huge bump.
