Long Travel BS Thread

QUESTION:

Super loud squeaking/creaking coming from both sides of my front suspension. I am running camburg LT kit with kings. I bought new uniballs as well as new bushings for the UCA. Does anyone think thatll do the trick or could i possibly be dealing with something else? The noise appears to be coming from the top of the suspension but could very well be coming from the lower control arm. Any other replacement suggestions?

Thanks

 

Use a stover nut. Its a metal locking nut . No nylon

 

Squeak and creak sounds like a uni-ball.

Get some tri-flow dry lube on Amazon and pour a bunch on. If the noise goes away you've found the source.

The fix is a new uni-ball or a louder radio. I lean towards the latter.

 

Ordered a 2" spacer to put my old 35s on my 3rd gen...... I hate stupid ideas

 

Actually it's best not to spray it with anything and just wash them with high pressure water. Lube will just attract contaminates and destroy the Teflon liner.

Plus every uni ball I've lubed just makes more noise later. The ones I leave alone stay silent

 

x2. even when i installed those mcm uppers they squeaked constantly when i tried using lube. stopped and all was good

 

Absolutely leave them alone. I just wash with a hose and ignore. but once the noise starts lube is the only way to make it stop, other than new uni-balls.

ETA: I'm running uni-ball suspension in the north east, where we have road salt and sand all winter. So half the year its like I'm driving on on dirt every day.

 

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interesting...Mine were squeaking like crazy after cleaning them up when doing my bushings. Lubed them up and they shut the fuck up.


but I don't have LT....I just browse in here




Also, I envy dudes garage....I think Im going to demo mine and start fresh. that motivated me

 

Go back to nor cal bs thread you noob.
Jk.
But mine were being loud as fuck until I spent the weekend on the sand and dirt..
Now there quite.
It's just part of the uni ball game. Just remember replace every other yr before they get to bad.

 

I'm pretty convinced it's truck (read driver and geography) dependent on what makes them shut up and what doesn't.

I only wish I could get 2 years out of a set...

 

Im also concidering going with btf. Just a regular LT kit. Would you know if they offer shock tower guccets and rear leaf spring kits?

 

Dry Teflon lubricants like Triflow do not contain heavy oils and do not leave a residue that will attract dust or dirt. Spraying it into a uniball refreshes the Teflon liner and will reduce noise and in milder applications can extend the life of the uniball itself. Very common practice.

 

I've never had good luck with any spray lube.

 

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And just because:

Look at this guy with his floor to ceiling caulk

 

You can get gussets that pretty much fit any LT kit within reason from TC. Rear spring kits are kind of DMZ vs all with DMZ winning in 90% of the purchase decisions.

 

My truck makes some aweful squeaking and creaking noises from up front, seems to be more from the passenger side. Was present before LT with oem suspention and after Camburgs kit... and I swear to gawd it reduces in intensity as the weather gets above 75 degrees, to even going away over summer a bit. I kid not. Still have not tracked it down though.
I'm standing on my running board next to the front passenger door and making the truck rock side to side:
https://youtu.be/J90T5YvT-nI

 

Definitely sounds like uniballs. Pour some water on them to see if it does anything. If so, just get some 3-in-1 from Lowe’s and put it on them

 

I'd have thought uniballs, except the truck made the noise even before it had any uniballs, just oem bushings. I also do lube the current uniballs with Tri-flo, as recommended by camburg.

 

Cracks in my fender wells and radiator core support made a lot of squeaks. That was on the driver’s side before I relocated the battery.