Squeaky rear end?

I thought it may have been the leaf spring bushings so I went ahead and dropped the rear end, pressed the bushings and replaced all of them. The noise persist. It sounds like an old rocking bed.

Is it possible I need to put grease somewhere?

If so, where?

All help and advice is appreciated.

-Casey

 

Mine does the same. It's a Tacoma thing

 

Probably your leaf springs. I've had to break down my packs and grease them up. Also you can put plastic sheets or something between them I've heard. Anyway, now I just live with the squeaking. Seems worse in dry weather.

 

So true

 

the 2006+ had the squeaky leaf issue as a TSB. answer was to put a slice of rubber between the leafs. you can do this by separating the leafs with a chisel and putting a slice of a bicycle tire tube in between. or you can use rubberized undercoating all over the place.

 

Agree with undyingvisage58--this is the only way I've been able to eliminate horrible squeaking. The bicycle tube lasted about a year though. You know there's a little plastic spacer between the leaves but mine are worn down to nothing. I'm going to try replacing those before doing the bike inner-tube again.

 

I installed a new set of Dorman springs in my 2000 Prerunner an after a month they started squeaking so bad. I had to pry each leaf away from the other and lubricate the friction pads. Noise went away for 1.5 years until just recently when they started clunking incessantly. Sounded like the bed was loose. Pry and lube again, this time paying closer attention to the brackets that hold the leaf packs together. Noises are 95% gone.

 

Clean the shit out of the springs with degreaser and a hose, and liberally spray silicone on the pads between washes. The lube application will have to be done every few days. Only way to get them to shut up. Nothing else works.

Only time I really do it is when I roll around with the windows down in warmer weather, or I'm on a date and don't want her to think "this thing sounds like a piece of shit." Otherwise, fuck it.