Beardoge,

I recently upgraded the complete A arm bushings, and sway bar bushings to the energy suspension polyurethane bushings. I also changed the upper and lower ball joints to heay duty MOOG's. They are greased up and it does squeak a littlt bit but my handling has improved, is that slight squeakiness normal with the polyurethane bushings??

next project stoptech big brake upgrade and ATI procharger SC

01 4.6 4:10 gears LS
24" Katana Azzad's/ 305/35 kumho
Flowmaster 40 original SI/DO
pro comp 9000 shocks (fr)
pro comp 3000 shocks (rear)
rancho 5000 stablizer shock
Hellwig rear anti-sway bar
Front A- arm and front sway bar-
polyurethane energy suspension bushings
BBK 75mm TB
BBK pulley set
Moog heavy duty ball joints (upper and lower)
K&N Kit GEN II
Power programmer III
HD lower valance
HD speed tubes
Viper remote start 791VX

 

Uhhmmn I don't really know I guess just spray some sort of lubricant on the bushings and see it that helps..........

 

The front mount on the Belltech drop leaf springs I just installed are much bigger than the stock springs. I noticed this during installation because I could hardly get the bolt back through because the end was hitting the leaf hanger. I thought this might lead to trouble and sure enough. Squeak, squeak, squeak...

...I'm going to see if putting a teflon pad in there will help. I'll post what fixes it when I feel I've got it resolved.

 

How I fixed my Belltech 3" drop leaf springs from squeaking on my 2000 2wd. They were touching the hanger at the top of the springs front loop.

I fixed the problem by die grinding just enough spring material to provide a gap. I ground approx. 1/8"deep x 1/4"wide by 2" long off the corner of the spring provided a 1/16" gap between it and the hanger.

Since the Belltech spring was much thicker than the stock spring, I figured that this wouldn't have much affect on the integrity of the spring.