How do I stop my leafs from squeaking? They squeak right at the front and sometimes the rear hanger. Ive had it to the dealer and they just sprayed silicone on them and it worked for a week or so and I started doing that but now the silicone isnt even working. The rubber just sounds dried out. What is the dealers fix for this from you guys that work at a dealer or are there replacement urthane bushings?

 

Mine squeak like crazy. I think there's some tsb to replace the squeaky leaf springs but I could be mistaken. Maybe someone else will chime in. I think someone said seafoam deep creep will make it stop for a while, but there has to be a better solution than having to spray them with lube routinely.

 

My leafs squeak and creak as well. I need something to fix it.

 

Ive had mine to the dealer and they didnt say anything about a tsb but they sprayed the leafs with silicone but like everything else ford it is just a temporary fix.

 

There are a couple of different ways that I have used to help stop the leaf springs from sqeaking, cut and place thin piece of rubber (1/8" or less) at the outer edges of the leafs. Rubber roofing membrain works best, or you can use a couple layers of waxed paper.

This is the easiest way to do it that I have found. First you have to jack the rear end of your truck off the ground so that the leafs are fully extended. Then take a couple of wood shims and drive them between the leaf springs, do one spring at a time. Next slide either the rubber or wax paper onto the spring. Last remove the shim and repeat. You have to do each end of the spring stack and between every spring.

I have done this to a couple of trucks and it works pretty good.

 

I got that problem too and Ford recommended and used Motorcraft Dielectric grease (it works for 2,000 miles depending on road conditions)

 

I like playing with my squeek

 

Most shops tighten the shackle/leafs in the air, your vehicle needs to be on the ground to tighten them up.

 

I thought I had squeeky leafs in the rear - I took it to the dealer, they lubed it - it was quiet for a bit and then came back. But then I read on this site that my squeek wasnt coming from the leafs, it was coming from the tailgate. I thought it couldnt possibly be the same thing.

So I let the tailgate down.....you will notice the two pins on either side of the bed that the tailgate latches onto. On each of those pins is a plastic sleeve that you can spin around. Get some WD40 and spray the crap out of it while spinning that sleeve. And then spray the latch mechanism on the tailgate. Give everything a good coating. Since then - no squeek.

Hey, its worth a try - we've all got WD40 laying around.

Supposedly dust is getting trapped under that plastic sleeve and that is causing the squeek.

Hope this helps.

 

Mine is definately the leafs. I can make them squeak just by getting out of the truck after a drive.

 

I would be careful about spraying anything on those bushings, definately not WD40.

Look for a teflon lube, tri-lube or something. As far as the leafs, lube works temporarily, but what a mess.

The earlier suggestions of interweaving material between the leafs is an interesting idea, but a pain to do also. Guess it just depends on how much it bugs you.

I think I would wet them down every few thousand like someone suggested (Ford?). This old problem has been around as long as springs have existed.

 

today I tried to drop the leafs so that I could put some grease on the bolt and really grease up the bushings but my front bolt looks to be in backwards. I didnt attempt to drop them because it looked like the fuel tank would have to be dropped to get the bolt out and on the other side the muffler was in the way. Does anyone know if the bolts will come out without dropping all that stuff? The head of the bolt is on the inside and the nut on the side facing out, so the bolt would have to have 4 or 5 inches on the inside to be removed. Do you get what I am saying? did anyone that added an AAL run into this?

 

You are trying to remove the entire spring stack? It sounds to me like youare taking out one of the shakle bolts. Most likly that is not the cause, 99% of the time that the rear leafs for making noise is it for stuff getting in between the leaf springs themselves and not the bushings causing the problems.

 

Mine started creaking a few months after the add-a-leaf install. It is the 2nd leaf in the spring pack in the front, both sides. If I spray wd-40 on the edge, then smack it with a chissel, the lube gets between and all's quiet for a month. Took a bit to find exact spot, had my kid bounce on the tailgate and started spraying all over until it shut up. One of these times I will raise the truck and try and get a thin metal shim between there and just leave it. Annoying, yes, but fortunately, easy to quiet down.

 

my toyota taco used to squeek after i lifted it with an add a leaf. i used to wd40 it like once a month, worked great.