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Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Airlift LoadLifter 5000 air helper springs for the rear axle. That's going to be part number AL57204.Typically, the reason who you would want airbags is because you're carrying a heavy in your truck bed like this or if you have a heavy load on your trailer. It's going to cause a lot of strain on your suspension and it's going to cause that back end to sag down. Now not only that, but it's going to wear out your brakes faster and potentially, since the back end's dropping down, it's going to bring the front end up which could cause major tire wear or unsafe alignment of your headlights blinding people when you're going down the road.Now the load we have in the back of our bed actually dropped the back end two inches down and it actually raised the front end a half an inch up. Which I can tell you by driving around, I could definitely tell there is a major load in the back and it just didn't really feel as responsive driving around. And it just kind of felt like the front end was floating.

If you've ever driven a big trailer that's been pulling down on you, you know what I'm talking about. It doesn't want to turn when it's supposed to and it just doesn't feel as safe as it should.With our airbags installed, it only took 60 psi to get our truck back to level. Putting the back end right where it should be at factory height, as well as the front making sure that our headlights are aiming in the right direction. So with them on, let's go ahead and take another drive and see how they handle.As I'm driving down the road, I can tell you immediately that it feels more stable and I can still tell there's a load back there, but it seems a lot more secure. The steering seems more responsive.

It doesn't have as much body roll as it did before. Going over bumps it is a lot smoother as well. It's not bottoming out and it's not as harsh. Now that we've taken it on our test course, let's go underneath and see what our airbags look like.So here's what our airbags are going to look like once we have them installed. They're going to sit between our axle and the frame and provide us support whenever we have a heavy load in our truck.

They're going to use air to provide us that support and also give us a comfortable ride. The operating range of our airbags is going to be from five psi all the way up to 100 psi and they're going to give us a load leveling support up to 5000 pounds.Now one thing I do want to mention, it's not going to increase of our payload of our truck. It's just going to provide that extra support, so we're not putting so much strain on our factory suspension. We're going to have an airline coming in, that's going to supply our airbag with some air. That's going to give us that extra support that we have routed along the frame going to the back.We have our inflation valves coming to the back bumper here for easy access.

Here we can apply air with an air chuck individually to each side, giving us support we need even if we have an unlevel load. This is a custom installation kit, made specifically for our Silverado. So it's going to come with all the necessary brackets and hardware in order to get it in place and it's not going to require any kind of drilling or cutting. So now that we've seen what our airbags look like, let's show you how to get them installed.To begin our installation, we're going to start here on the driver's side. If we come just right in front of our shock, right above the axle where the jounce stop is. We'll see that we're going to have our ABS line hooked into a plastic clip that's in the bottom of the frame. We're going to need to pull that out. So grab a flathead screwdriver or a trim panel tool. We're going to go underneath the clip and pop it out of the frame.We're going to need to remove the clip itself from the ABS line and there's a small triangle piece there. If we get a small flathead screwdriver, we can pry it open and it'll open the clip up. Stick the screwdriver in that small triangle so it'll release that clip and since it is under the vehicle, there's a good chance there's a lot of dirt and grime in there. It may make it a little difficult.Once you get the clip open, go ahead and remove it and we're not going to be reinstalling it. Instead we're going to grab one of the small loom clamps. We're going to place it around the spot where the clip was. We're going to leave our ABS wire loose for right now. Now if we move forward into the top of the frame, we're going to have some