would you suggest another leaf in the back of shakles or somethin? like i said earlier my knowlege consists of a used chilton manual

 

do you want to get back to stock height or lifted right now? stock-it probably has atleast lowering shackles if not lowering hanger(what the shackles mount to), another option is they might have removed the overload spring in the leaf pack along with one or both of the above.look at the back of the leaf spring and if either the shackle or the hanger look new or newish(not dirty like the frame) then they will need to be replaced to bring it back to stock height, one you replace those to lift it get some new blocks

 

any recamendations on where I could look at getting those parts... for most of my car stuff I use Autoanything or JcWhitney

 

did you get a chance to look at your suspension and try to figure out whats new? as to where to get the parts-ebay, Lmc, im not too sure about where to get stock parts,mainly aftermarket. you could always go to ford but youd be better off buying a new truck for what theyll charge you

 

Believe me I know about ford suckin you dry, when I got the truck it need the seatbelts and airbags replaced and reset and the idler arm was busted, I know thats alot of stuff to fiz but no way in heck should it have cost $2400...
o well, I'm gonna take it to my auto shop teacher see if he can tell whats missin'. also I found a place where I can get a 2inch fabtech block for 40$ would that help?

 

yes it would help, but its kinda pointless with lowering equipment on your truck cause itll only put you back to stock. once you get it back to stock height and then put the block on youll be good to go

 

yah i agree front looks stock. Can you take a picture on the front and back of the leaf springs where it mounts up to the frame?

Looks like about a 2" shackle.

heres my truck in stock form.

 

here is some more pics of my suspension
rear

still rear

and front

if those pics arn't axactly where you were talking about let me know and I'll take some other ones

 

those might be lowering shackles,i havent looked at mine enough to tell the difference but everything else looks stock. if it turns out they are lowering shackles(other people should know) you just need to get stock length ones and go from there

 

well, I'm trying to find somewhere that carrys stock shackles and I can't find them anywhere! Anyone know where I should look?

 

http://www.tascafordparts.com//index.do
just for you-
fill in your year,make,model then go to rear suspension,suspenion components,shackle
their even damn cheap

 

yours looks like a stock shackle so now im really confused...
heres my stock shackle


and heres what i wanted you to take a picture of, the front of the leaf springs
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...backend013.jpg

here is what a drop hanger looks like
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...backend024.jpg

 

the only thing i can think of is a drop hanger in the front cause your rear hanger looks stock too...so like patman said take a pic of the front of your leaf springs.

 

heres some more pics

weird angle sorry



a better shot



the last one



hope these help cuz my truck got called "cholo" and thats not good... lol

 

99% sure thats a lowering hanger, it doesnt put the front of the spring below the frame and it uses bolts and not rivets to hold it on. replace that with a stock one to get the height back