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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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My leaf spring are squeaking, is there anything that I could do to get rid of the squeaking?

I can squeeze the spring and it makes the noise and it's louder when I go over bumps.
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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mine are doing the same thing too
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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put some oil on it..we used to wrap inner tubes with grease around the leaf springs on our dirt track cars to keep the suspension from binding
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 03:48 PM
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Buy a new truck
Not that will solve the current problem.

dirt track racer 81- what kind of oil do you think that I should use?
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 03:57 PM
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 12:21 AM
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mine just started this **** last week, its annoying as hell
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 12:53 AM
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spray some silicone lube on the bushings and in between the springs. itll work for a little bit.

long term would be to put some rubber strips between the edges of the leaves.
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Atomic
spray some silicone lube on the bushings and in between the springs. itll work for a little bit.

long term would be to put some rubber strips between the edges of the leaves.
Yep use a silicone based lubricant rather than a wd-40 or lithium based product.
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