air lift bracket

[Harry Cummings]

I just installed aset of air lift on My Ram. You members that have installed them and pulled loaded how did the upper bracket hold

up it looks like the weakest link. I installed the super lifts.

 

[lhend50]

You did not say whether they are the super air lifts which support 5000 lbs or the lower limit. I have the supers and I have had 3000lbs on stone in the bed with no problems. I also pull a large 5th wheel and they have worked fine. They have been on for a little over a year with lots of use.

 

[Archive]

I have the 5000lb air lift bags on mine. I haul a slide-in camper (3000lbs dry) and at times, tow over 12,000 lbs.



I have not had any problems at all with the air bags since I installed them a year ago.

 

[MEGARAM]

Ditto here. Work great and last a long time. I've been pulling my 10,000 lb tag race trailer since April every weekend with no problems.

 

[LandShark]

Harry: I used the AirLifts for 5 years and about 100,000 miles total and 50,000 miles with my camper (see sig). There was a fair amount of off road 4x4 driving also. During that time I had 3 of the bracket bolts break. I replaced them with grade 8 fine thread bolts. No problems other than that.



Keep a few spare bolts in the truck and inspect the brackets often if you are running heavy or off road.



BTW: I switched to a Timbren suspension this month. I can't report on it yet as I've not run with a load since the switch.