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Old 10-19-2010, 11:44 AM
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I put the rough country "economy" kit with the rear add a leaf springs. I cannot get the damn things to stop squeaking. Any thoughts?
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Originally Posted by otpracer
I put the rough country "economy" kit with the rear add a leaf springs. I cannot get the damn things to stop squeaking. Any thoughts?
Did you use alot of grease in between the leafs? Same thing happened to mine so i took them back apart and added the noise pads.
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No, I didn't use grease. What are noise pads, and where can I get em'?
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No, I didn't use grease. What are noise pads, and where can I get em'?
I pryed mine apart alittle with a big screw driver and gave em a wd40 bath.I made some squeak pads out of a milk jug,just cut some out about 3"s wide and slid them in between the leafs and then trimmed them.Worked great quite as a mouse now
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Much appreciated. Sound like a good weekend project.
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Originally Posted by Skunkape
I pryed mine apart alittle with a big screw driver and gave em a wd40 bath.I made some squeak pads out of a milk jug,just cut some out about 3"s wide and slid them in between the leafs and then trimmed them.Worked great quite as a mouse now
That's a homebrew if I ever read one, haha, nice one.
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^SkunkApe, Great idea just did that this morning. The smallest bottom leaves did not have any pads and turned out to be this source of multiple different kinds of squeaking. Done!
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