Orange Airbags Inside Rear Coil Springs

[MuddyJeep810]

Hi all! I am the proud new owner of a new to me 2014 Ram 1500 Sport. Brought it home last night. While inspecting the vehicle I noticed it has what appear to be aftermarket suspension air bags inside the coil springs in the rear of the truck. I don't see a compressor or airlines running to either of the Airbags, but the passenger side is soft (no air pressure) and I can push it in easily with my hand. The drivers side feels firm and I can't push it in. The truck appears to be sitting level in the back.

Anybody happen to know what I am dealing with here? I've had a lot of modifications ony trucks over the years, but air bags is not one of them. I do pull a heavy trailer for work (approx 6000 lbs) so if they were actually beneficial to me that would be excellent. The truck does not have the factory air bag buttons on either the dash or on the key fob. I also found the original window sticker in the glove box and there was no mention of air bags, so I can only conclude that they are aftermarket. I'm just hoping to determine their purpose and whether they will help me or not.

Thanks for the help in advance!

 

[CalDad14]

Research "Timbrens".

That's what I believe they are.

Congrats on the "new to you" truck.

 

[cdn cj]

They look like possible airlift 1000’s.There will be an airline from the top that you can follow and find a schrader valve to add air. Sounds like yours may have separate lines for each. They can also be plumbed in with one valve.

 

[zrock]

yes their should be airlines run.. Look around the license plate for some valve stems or in the fuel door.

You don't look over a veh before buying it? trusting person you are...

 

[Wild one]

Hi all! I am the proud new owner of a new to me 2014 Ram 1500 Sport. Brought it home last night. While inspecting the vehicle I noticed it has what appear to be aftermarket suspension air bags inside the coil springs in the rear of the truck. I don't see a compressor or airlines running to either of the Airbags, but the passenger side is soft (no air pressure) and I can push it in easily with my hand. The drivers side feels firm and I can't push it in. The truck appears to be sitting level in the back.

Anybody happen to know what I am dealing with here? I've had a lot of modifications ony trucks over the years, but air bags is not one of them. I do pull a heavy trailer for work (approx 6000 lbs) so if they were actually beneficial to me that would be excellent. The truck does not have the factory air bag buttons on either the dash or on the key fob. I also found the original window sticker in the glove box and there was no mention of air bags, so I can only conclude that they are aftermarket. I'm just hoping to determine their purpose and whether they will help me or not.

Thanks for the help in advance!

Quite often if the trucks been lowered,guys will add the Air Lift bags for a Durango to help compensate for the suspension bottoming out when there's a load on the truck.Does the truck look like it's lowered on the back end.
As stated there'll be lines out of the top of the bags that should lead to either 1 or 2 schrader valves,mounted somewhere on the truck.
Besides the 2 spots Zrock posted above,another spot to look at is around the hitch area under the rear bumper

 

[indept]

If I recall correctly, they should be minimum 5 psi when truck is unloaded and max is 35 psi loaded. They don't lift an existing load. You must air them up before loading the bed. They " stiffen" the spring making it harder for the bed load to compress.

 

[MuddyJeep810]

Thanks so much for the reply guys! The dealer let me keep my wheels and tires so today when I was swapping them I actually did find air lines leading from the top of each of them to an air valve in the back of the box on each side. I inflated both to 22 psi and they both seem to be holding air! This is amazing because I tow my trailer a lot for work. On my 06 I installed helper springs because the trailer squatted the rear end so much. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm excited to tow my trailer tomorrow! Lol

Thanks again guys!

 

[MuddyJeep810]

 

[MuddyJeep810]

Well unfortunately the right air bag did deflate over night. I will have to get a bottle of soapy water to find the leak to see if it's repairable.

The good news is that with my weight distribution hitch the truck only squatted a half inch with both bags fully deflated, so I am more than happy with that.

I was reading up some on these systems and I saw that the standard method is to 'T' both bags to a single valve, this way you always have the same PSI in each bag. Is there a specific reason they would have skipped the 'T' and ran a valve on each side for each bag? It's obviously more work to do it with two valves, so I'm curious what the potential benefit could be, or the reason they might have done it this way.

 

[Wild one]

Well unfortunately the right air bag did deflate over night. I will have to get a bottle of soapy water to find the leak to see if it's repairable.

The good news is that with my weight distribution hitch the truck only squatted a half inch with both bags fully deflated, so I am more than happy with that.

I was reading up some on these systems and I saw that the standard method is to 'T' both bags to a single valve, this way you always have the same PSI in each bag. Is there a specific reason they would have skipped the 'T' and ran a valve on each side for each bag? It's obviously more work to do it with two valves, so I'm curious what the potential benefit could be, or the reason they might have done it this way.

When you use 1 fill point,when the truck leans over,it forces the air from the outside bag over to the inside bag,inflating it,and potentially causing the truck to lean even more.
My lines are run to 2 schrader valves using the licence plate bolts.