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My leaf springs just started squeaking???

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I have noticed just in the past week or so that my leaf pack is making a squeaking sound... I can only hear it at slow speeds, mostly when I open up my door to look behind me to back into a spot.

Just curious... They haven't been doing this, even after adding the AAL it didn't squeak? Any reasons why this would start all of the sudden?

I was wondering if maybe it could be from when I got under there and re-tightened the u-bolts? I didn't torque them so when I was doing my brakes a few weeks ago I went ahead and cranked the u-bolts down to make sure nothing had come loose since installing the AAL. Could over torqueing the u-bolts be the cause?

If not how do I make it stop??? I tried wd-40 but, that didn't work.

Thanks in advance,

Jason
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About the only permanent way to fix squeeky springs is to place teflon pads between each spring. You also need to rinse between the springs with water after every off-road trip and about once a month. This will usually stop all the spring squeeks.

It's a PITA to separate the spring pack, attach the pads between each spring, and reassemble the pack.

I did it to my wifes Jeep more to keep her quiet than the springs.

Tim
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