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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:05 PM
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Eibachs are squeaky

My Eibachs on the truck are squeaking in the rear, seems to happen when coming to a stop and letting off the brake and also while accelerating.

any suggestions? the squeak annoys the pants off me
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:08 PM
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you lowered it. cars go down, trucks go up. a 3' lift should fix it.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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you lowered it. cars go down, trucks go up. a 3' lift should fix it.
well said
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 12:34 AM
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Problem: squeaking rear?
Solution: K-Y Jelly
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 12:35 AM
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Some awesome helpful posts here!! /redtext
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 01:01 AM
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fine...

so have you tried some grease/lube? are you sure its the springs and not bushings?

try lithium grease
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 02:25 AM
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Squeaks are usually bushing related. Check your strut tower bushings, WD-40 them like someone said. and also white lithium grease
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 09:44 AM
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do you have the spring isolator on there. Eibachs generally come with a spring isolator that's a little piece of rubber tubing you wrap around the bottom of the springs.

This problem is very very common, the spring isolator solves it
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 10:18 AM
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do you have the spring isolator on there. Eibachs generally come with a spring isolator that's a little piece of rubber tubing you wrap around the bottom of the springs.

This problem is very very common, the spring isolator solves it
Agree.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by CLpower
do you have the spring isolator on there. Eibachs generally come with a spring isolator that's a little piece of rubber tubing you wrap around the bottom of the springs.

This problem is very very common, the spring isolator solves it
these are leaf springs, not sure about an isolater, this isnt like a car spring

the r
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 11:54 AM
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much different story, can't help you then, sure there didn't need to be grease somewhere?
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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I greased it... Probably not well enough...... Noise is killing me
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 03:56 PM
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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how have you been liking the hemi btw? yours is RCLB right?
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 04:21 PM
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I greased it... Probably not well enough...... Noise is killing me
Torque and re-tighten all of the rear suspension bolts since the squeaking started?
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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is it a metallic squeak? or definitely a bushing squeak? if it's metallic maybe the U-bolts on the axle are not torqued enough.
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