Silencing Squeaky Leaf Springs: A DIY Guide

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Make the squeaking stop!
Many aftermarket (and many OEM) leaf packs begin to squeak after just a short period of time. We have a nearly guaranteed fix to eliminate those pesky (and embarrassing) squeaky leaf packs. We'll walk you through the entire process of everything you need as well as exactly how to complete this job. Today we are completing this job on our shop 2021 Toyota Tundra. This fix will work with most leaf packs installed on modern trucks such as Tacomas, F150s, etc.
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Still squeaking? You likely are getting noise at the bushings. Pulling one end of the leaf packs' ends off and heavily greasing the outside of the bushing will generally fix this issue.
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Sections:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Tools
3:48 Prep
4:48 Install
8:39 Closing Remarks

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Комментарии : 33

@jimmyaugustine4181 8 месяцев назад

I have spent so much time and money on trying to figure out how to make my leaf springs stop squeaking. Just did this and it absolutely worked !! Thank you!!

@hotshotoffroad 8 месяцев назад

AWESOME! We love to hear when we have a confirmed fix!

@grahamridley8284 19 дней назад

I followed your fix. Worked perfect! I was chasing it for weeks. Thank you

@user-vu7cs6zs4v Год назад

Loved seeing this implemented, and can say first hand, sounds so much better with this fix.

@uaespetsnaz2391 5 месяцев назад

A shop I went to cut a tire and put the rubber between the springs and sprayed some grease on it and so far it’s good. It’s been like 3 months

@doch5123 Год назад

Maxima motorcycle chain wax works well for squeaky suspension bushings and such. It sprays on liquid to penetrate and then dries like a wax to keep from attracting too much dirt.

@hotshotoffroad Год назад

We'll take a look at that, and add it to our description if it works! Appreciate the input!

@15Xalbatross 8 месяцев назад

I use surface shield by blaster and I coat the entire undercarriage with it. Then I jack up the body of the truck and spray it between the open leafs in the pack. Spray your underneath like this once a year for two to three years and it builds up to a nice surface to where no rust and no squeaks. I do like this idea as well

@kaneokalanipo 4 месяца назад

You are a saint sir!

@sloppydoggy9257 11 месяцев назад

Same leaf packs on my tacoma, loud as a mofo. About to trash them bc it’s a stupid problem.

@anthonym_ 2 месяца назад

Thanks bro. Great job.

@hotshotoffroad 2 месяца назад

No problem! Glad we could help.

@joruckus 3 месяца назад

Interesting Idea! I'm going to give this a try on my Tundra. Sub'd

@hotshotoffroad 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the sub! Hope it helped out!

@docric 9 месяцев назад

Have the same set up and the squeak monster is frustrating at times. Will try this. Did you do anything to the actual bushings? Or just the plastic spacer pads. Thank and great vid. New sub here

@hotshotoffroad 8 месяцев назад

Hey there! We "generally" don't get a ton of noise from the bushings. Every situation is different, but we find this to be the fix most of the time. That said, we are pretty deliberate about greasing bushings on install too.

@BrokeAF4x4 11 месяцев назад

Do the inner tubes slide out after a bit? especially with the grease in between the leaf springs? just curious I'm trying to narrow down which method I want to use, thanks!

@hotshotoffroad 10 месяцев назад

We had one guy with a 1st Gen Tundra who runs high-speed often and he has to adjust his shims every few weekends when he races. Other than that, there's a bunch of other rigs out there who never has to fight with them moving!

@ajsaltarello7130 Год назад

If your going to that extent you should just grease the pads and/or replace any damaged ones. A lot of people don't do regular maintenance on their leaf pack and have squeaking. Most installers never breaded them before putting them in either.

@stevep1794 Год назад

you should actually cut those plastic pads out in the first place. according to ICON custy service.

@hotshotoffroad Год назад

The crazy part is that these noises can occur at any time. The squeaks that we had occurred at less than 2,500 miles.

@jimmyworks3600 27 дней назад

I have a GMC Sierra. Bad squeaking/groaning. I stupidly paid for new leaf springs. Less than a year they're starting to groan and clunk. I assumed this was from the bushings at the end of the leaf pack. Do you know anything about GM's issue?......leaf pack noise or bushing? If bushing what would you do about that?

@gregengelhardt4609 2 месяца назад

Hey man just a question do the rubber bits slip out when your on a track and the leafs are flexing a lot

@hotshotoffroad 2 месяца назад

They'll shift around sometimes in high speed use-cases, but we don't get movement on them when we're crawling. There's enough pressure on them that even when the leaves open up they're pretty much pressed into place.

@austinwelder6237 2 месяца назад

Any updates? Have they stayed in place since installing?

@hotshotoffroad 2 месяца назад

We OCCASIONALLY get a little bit of movement in the instances when we really lash on the suspension, but we've never had any fall out. Looking at the truck today I think that there's 3 pieces that could use adjustment, but there's no sound from back there at all.

@luisalbertocamarenacaballero 23 дня назад

I did this, but they used barly like 1 layer of the rubber and it lasted only 3 months

@hotshotoffroad 23 дня назад

Sometimes the segments will have to be realigned as they can shift, but if you’re squeaking again already you might be getting noise at the center pin or the bushings as well.

@gerardogalvv 3 месяца назад

Am I missing something? I thought the noise came from the bushings.

@hotshotoffroad 3 месяца назад

In our experience a lot of the noise from Icon RXTs anyway come from the interaction between the leaves themselves! It's not often from the bushings. Now their UCAs on the other hand... definitely the bushings!

@rookwalker 6 месяцев назад

It sucks that Icon made leafs that squeak and have yet to fix this problem or quit selling them. Mine squeaked after 3,000 miles, and haven’t stopped. GET DEAVER if you’re in the market