I have an 04 F250 SD with overload on the rear springs. The front of the truck sags a little and the leafs make a terrible squeaking noise at the hangers when braking or hitting bumps. Also when hauling anything over 3500lbs the truck sags bad in the rear.

So I would like to raise the front of the truck 2.5-3" will I need a track bar relocation bracket? I also want to fix the squeaking. So maybe just replace the front leafs? I found some 2" leafs and they have 4" ones on eBay. http://bit.ly/107Yc54 not sure if anyone has tried these.

I was thinking for the rear just adding some F350 blocks and then down the road adding bags to stop the truck from sagging so bad with a heavy load.

I don't want to buy a 700-900 lift. I already have shocks that should support slightly over 3" of lift.

Any suggestions? I had thought about a 2" shackle for now at the rear of the front leafs. But hate to even think about doing that on a leaf that seems to sag.

 

They sag from the factory and they aren't going to break with shackles.

 

replace the leaf spring isolators. that is the source of your squeaking

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jack up the truck until the axle is hanging and no compression on the springs. take a chisel and separate the leaf pack. then replace those nylon things. I'll bet your current ones are worn away after all the years

 

Plastic squeak pads are worn out but the stock front springs are really horrible and always sag like crazy, I installed pro comp 22210 front level springs and love them, no need for a tract bar or anything. And I'd install F350 rear blocks she how you like it and if it's still squatting to much install air bags, 3500 plus pounds is a lot of weight but the SD can handle it

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