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Ok, fellows. I know we all talked about this....the rear leaf springs and those squeaks we get. I bought me 99 Ranger brand new. The rear leafs started the squeak about two years ago. I have been lucky about this that they did not start to squeak until that time. I had heard lots of horror stories about the noises they can make.
I did the power wash thing and WD40 and it was so nice for a few months and then it started again. Next I tried the lithium spray and that worked for awhile longer. I have stock rear leafs with the add-a-leafs set up. I then noticed that once in awhile the left aal (the rear area) moves over a bit toward the middle of the truck. I just lightly tap it with a rubber mallet and it goes back in alignment.
I have seen brand new leaf springs on Ebay and thought about ordering them and just starting fresh and add a new aal set up. The squeaking is not so bad at this time but sometimes it it just starts up again. Is this worth the expense to get new leafs and new aal's? What do your think?
Straycat
I did the power wash thing and WD40 and it was so nice for a few months and then it started again. Next I tried the lithium spray and that worked for awhile longer. I have stock rear leafs with the add-a-leafs set up. I then noticed that once in awhile the left aal (the rear area) moves over a bit toward the middle of the truck. I just lightly tap it with a rubber mallet and it goes back in alignment.
I have seen brand new leaf springs on Ebay and thought about ordering them and just starting fresh and add a new aal set up. The squeaking is not so bad at this time but sometimes it it just starts up again. Is this worth the expense to get new leafs and new aal's? What do your think?
Straycat