Went the airbag route once before. It was neat and worked fine but required constant tinkering with the air pressure.

Going with the one an done fix this time.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

Hey! Found my way here for the same issue. I have a box is the bed of my truck 24/7, it's not a lot of weight, but it's weight non the less and it just seems to be riding way to low. Might start looking into this, if ford doesn't handle the issue I think I will with a leaf spring add on.

 

I have the 82950 Add a Leafs on order. Just put Monroe Reflex shocks on it this weekend and what a difference in ride over the factory Wanna Be Ranchos. (well they were worn out as well)

 

Installed the 2" ruff country add a spring. Raised back 1.5", no noticeable ride change. Corners better and no more sag when 30 foot trailer hooked up. Big thumbs up on this one and done mod.

 

Did you change the U Bolts when you did yours? Just curious as there seems to be enough thread left to reuse the originals on mine.

 

Never reuse u-bolts. They have been stretched once already & you will probably have trouble keeping them tight if you reuse them.

 

I am thinking I need to do the leafs or Air bags, I have just kind of dealt with it.

I don't want to raise it any higher because I can still just fit into many garages and or parking structures.

 

I didn't replace them and I had to use a four foot breaker bar to get them to torque. I got them to 120 lbs and that was all I could get.

There are two schools of thought about this because of the cold rolled u-bolt threads. I've read both and I'm not personally concerned about reusing them once but I wouldn't go twice. I'll not comment on what you should or shouldn't do. Eaton says replace them but they are in the business of selling parts. Manufacturers say they are serviceable.

The way I look at it is after installing one leaf spring the nut will not nest in the same thread range as the original torque. Therefore, the threads, (while they were alerted as the original nut passed through on the 1st installation) did not experience the original torque. Before I torqued the u-bolts I could not spin the compression bolt that holds the leafs together with a wrench. After I torqued the u-bolts I could turn it so I know the u-bolts pull the springs tight.

It's good advice to replace them but I didn't.

 

What did you torque the u-bolts to?

 

I estimated at 120 lb pounds. My torque wrench only went to 100, so I put an extra 1/4 turn after I hit 100. I did this in a cross pattern between the u bolts. I plan to hit them again this weekend with a torque wrench I'm borrowing that goes up to 200 foot pounds.

Ford recommends re-torqueing them after driving a 100 miles.

 

BTW, I have new ones on order that I will put in before we hook up the trailer. I drive my truck daily so I have to use it to get to work. I decided it best to replace them before Memorial day as I tow about 9700 lbs behind the truck. That's a 30 foot toy hauler with Harley inside and a 16' boat behind that. Yep, I tow wigglies. You truck drivers are familiar with that word.

 

Put mine on this past weekend, the truck sits 1 1/2 to 2" higher and I really see little if any difference in ride quality.

 

I know this thread was born again but this is what I went with to cure the rear sag.


1999-2010 Ford F250 F350 F450 Super Duty 4" Rear Block Kit

 

Glad it worked out for you as well. I'm on my 4th week with the new add-a-spring. No issues and now a thousand pounds and she barely sags an 1".

 

Great to hear, I can hardly wait to hook onto my 35 ft travel trailer and give it a yank down the highway.