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Old 09-23-2011, 10:14 PM
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About a year ago now I put on my 3'in lift full pack leaf springs. I got them out of the junk yard and as soon as I put them on they were noticeably creaky. Now its so bad everytime i even let of the gas you can hear them creaking. How can I fix them? Take them apart and paint them? put grease all threw them? Thanks for any input.
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Did you make a bastard pack? It would be a good idea to get the teflon leaf spring spacers. They isolate the metal from creaking.
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New isolators, or bushings.
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New isolators, or bushings.
i would defiantly go with this. they will keep the springs from rubbing together
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Where can I get new isolators at?
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Originally Posted by Jim_K
Where can I get new isolators at?
you should be able to pick up some from like pepboys of autozone. just measure the thickness of your leafs and get one for each end of each leaf. put some of that lithium grease on them before install and all should be good.
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Originally Posted by trans_am7935
you should be able to pick up some from like pepboys of autozone. just measure the thickness of your leafs and get one for each end of each leaf. put some of that lithium grease on them before install and all should be good.
Thanks, Ill give that a shot first.
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I still can not find isolators any where.
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