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I got new bumps stops coming. Falcon’s. They had them at a ver affordable option.

I have squeaking now on my leaf packs. Took about 2,000 miles.

 

Mine usually start squeaking after a long, fast dirt road drive.
Make sure the leaves are all still in alignment and not rubbing against the clamps.
And jack up the truck to unload the springs and pressure wash between them to get any stuck debris out from between them.
Also while they are in the air use a prybar to spread the top 2 leaves and put some plastic or rubber between them, I used a chunk of old bicycle tube.

I am at 3000 miles of no noise since doing that.

You can see the bike tube near the mount, I have one on the other end too near the shackle.

 

I have squeaking at about the same milage. I've noticed some misalignment of the leaves after a few trips desert trips. The misalignment I'll fix this weekend, for now the squeak isn't enough to bug me.

 

did you remove the leaf pack to insert the bike tube or was jacking it up and the pry bar enough?

 

Just lifting off the ground was enough. Once the springs are unloaded it was fairly easy to spread them.

 

so, how do you like your lift? You have the exact combination that I'm looking at! It looks like it has just a hair of rake left, which is nice.

 

Still loving it! I've considered picking up a topper recently, so I may be upgrading the rears to S2+ in the near future.

 

Hey wondering if someone can quickly advise how "user friendly" the RTX leaf pack is. Not being terribly mechanically inclined, am I going to be going to my shop down the street to add or remove a leaf, or can I do this in the driveway?

Sorry for not searching - found a set of these locally for sale. Fellow selling them isn't familiar himself...

 

Check out some YouTube videos then make the decision. I am not super mechanically inclined but didn’t find it super difficult. Sure it probably took me longer than it should have but it works!

 

If they are not on the truck it’s super easy. A couple C clamps, a proper socket, longer screw driver and you’re good. Just loosen in increments small enough to keep the c clamps on there. I found it easier to loosen until it was full apart rather than trying to force the new one in. Mark each leaf 1 to X if you want to make sure you don't mess up reassembly.

On the truck seems similar but I haven't had any experience with that.

 

Hummmm . . . . If you are not mechanically inclined I say go to a shop. Sure you can do it your self but it will end up taking much longer than planned and as straight forword as it should be you still might not do something right.

 

I know my limitations and having looked at some videos realized it might be better to go to a shop.

Real concern is whether this is the right pack for my needs. For daily driving my stock Sport rear-ended rides like shite. And a couple time a year I'll load as much as 350 lbs in the bed and and more in bikes on the roof rack edging dangerously close to my tiny 945 lb payload limit.

Is the idea I ride around with Option 1 for most of the time then step up to Option 2 or 3 when hauling close to payload limit?

 

You would have to take it into the shop to have them adjust the leaf pack and then have to go back to the shop to again drop down. Sounds expensive..an add a leaf might be a cheaper option to test the waters.

 

Option 2 sounds like your best bet. You occasionally carry a load. A better option than the leafs would be air bags. Those are fully adjustable on the fly

 

I found a set online any way to tell what configuration they have set up?

 

Those are set up on option 3...

Easy to change them...remove the 4th leaf down for option 2, remove the 3rd leaf down for option 1.

 

Thank you so much very helpful to know that!
I ended up picking them up today!

 

If you need to get rid of the option 3 leaf let me know. I have option 2 but with the extra weight I've added I'm looking to go to option 3

 

I will def let ya know and give to you if it’s too jarring for me. Cheers.

 

So about that squeaking/creaking… mine do it and it’s BAD!
100% not the leafs though, it’s comes from the bushings. Looking for an option that doesn’t involve soaking them with silicone spray once a week, there has to something more permanent.
If I have to rip them out I might just go with something completely different and hope those don’t also make noise!