My truck has a real bad sqeek and i narrowed it down to the rear leaf bushing i believe. it connects to the frame and has a bolt and a bushing i believe and is connected to the rear leaf. it squeeks really bad, what to i need to get it to stop??


srry if i have any grammer errors is really early (2am) and i cant sleep due to the servere weather we are having in south alabama 2night thx for the help.

 

Most likely it is your leaf springs squeaking. It can be tough because it will sound like it is coming from all different places. I looked up and found a local spring shop. They are usually downtown somewhere in a sketchy part of town. I went down and got some plastic spacers that they use to put between the leafs. I ended up just stuffing them in between my top 2 because that was my add a leaf. You can pry them apart with a screwdriver and use a hammer to slowly tap the spacer in. This solved all squeaking. Good Luck.

 

Agree with replacing nylon spacers located at end of lower main leafs. Local Ford dealer should carry correct replacement parts.

To see which ones, hit each with WD40. temp fix but will help i.d the bad guys.

If you do the fix yourself, be careful and use as big and flat a tool as possible. Do not damage the spring. Even a small notch could eventually cause you trouble. Put the rear axle completely off the ground.

Good luck!

 

I believe you are referring to the spring eye bushings. Spray them liberally with penetrating oil -works for a while, but not permanent. I have seen early 50s Chebbie trucks with grease zerks to lube them, but that was too many years ago to remember any specifics

 

I found pulling the bolts out and adding marine grade grease solve my problem. If you use WD-40 And Seafoam's penetrating Lube you mite as well buy a case cause you will soak them dam neer weekly!!!

 

Good replies!! Yea , that squeak is irritating . I used heavy duty zip ties at first - Hey it worked!! But later on I made rubber strips from an old mud flap and fastened them in between where the factory plastics are suppose to be.

They don't make any noise now..

 

I've owned 4 f150s and all of them had the chirp. on one I installed some cut outs of teflon sheets. Worked very well but a pain to install because you have to put them between each leaf spring. I currently own 2 f150s and I just deal with it. I only hear it with the windows down.