Squeaky Rear Leaf Springs

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Lord Sparky

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My right rear leaf spring was squeaking so I sprayed some silicone on the spring eye bushings and retainer clips. Worked great but is starting to come back. Anything better than silicone?
 
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I knock a screwdriver between the spring ends to make a small gap, and use a putty knife to work a little grease between the leaf ends.

EDIT -. Don't let the spring "snap" together when removing screwdriver, - it can spray excess grease !
 
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if you can pull the eye bolt out, coat it with Never Seize (black moly)
 
Or you can fix it properly. Greasing your springs/bushings is not part of normal, regular maintenance. You car is trying to tell you something. Something needs more than lube...
 
My right rear leaf spring was squeaking so I sprayed some silicone on the spring eye bushings and retainer clips. Worked great but is starting to come back. Anything better than silicone?
Maybe some of the zinc interleaves are gone, if your springs had them.
 
Use Slick 50 1 Lube spray, it's a real heavy silicone spray. It works great for most everything. Once you buy some you will never be without it. I usually buy 4 or 5 cans at a time, so I don't run out. I've given away cans to most of my friends to try, they all love it. The only place I can find it is the Ace hardware stores. TRY it!
 
The last squeaky leaf spring I worked on had the front spring eye cracked. Check your springs very carefully, would not want it to break
 
Is it the bushing that's squeaking? Mine had the springs replaced before I got it and it would occasionally squeak. All I did was tighten up the bolt a little and it went away.
 
I assemble my suspension bushings with synthetic disc brake grease on all bushings etc. It won't attack rubber or plastic, has an incredible list of properties and persists for a very long time.

It greatly reduces sticktion in the suspension too.
 
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