1st gen needs suspension upgrades ASAP

Thats how mine looked. You might get away with an AAL but The new leaf pack is the way to go IMO.

 

That picture is with my shell on too. I know a new leaf pack is best, but the college student budget is telling me AAL

 

if you have to go w/ an AAL get a 3 lead add pack... wheelers and deaver have them

 

I recently installed the wheelers 5 pack on my truck with camper. these springs are stout. today I ended up with a haul consisting of 4 5 gallon water bottles full along with a 7pounds of propane my dirty clothes and the springs did not budge. way better power to the wheels. nice and taught rear end my Tacoma has now. Let's go bark a tire 2nd now. o,, and mine are not squeaking. I had a large tube of anti-seize so i used that and I packed it in the grooves of the bushings that wheelers sent with the springs.

 

MT, I really don't know why your springs squeak so bad. Bad luck? heh.. I'd like to help but I haven't really had a problem myself. Only had it squeak once or twice when they first went in, then the bushings must've settled and now it's been pretty quiet.

 

Yeah, I just have minor squeaking now again, but I haven't been offroading. If I am loading/unloading stuff or sit on the tailgate, they will sometimes squawk a little, which surprised me, and I can hear it a little on speed bumps sometimes if I have the windows down. It is not the bushings. My gut feeling is that after a few thousand miles of settling in and wearing the paint off the leafs where the plastic pads contact them (and the plastic pads wearing in), it would get quieter.

Maybe she just needs to lose some weight

 

that is strange, mine make a tiny bit of noise if I jump on the rear bumper but they're actually quieter than my stockers were (those would squeak a little bit just getting in the truck). I have taken it offroad a few times too (quite a bit of mud and lots of sand) and have about 2k miles on them now.

 

Hmm.. bury it in the mud and see if that stops the squeaking?

Strange.. very strange. I've probably got the most mileage out of most of us from the GB.. think I've put about 13,000 on the springs since they went on. Every once in a while I'll hear a minor squawk if I really beat the hell out of 'em. Other than that.. quiet.