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The Curse of The Squeaky Rear Leafs... Aluminum

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by jboudreaux1965, Dec 12, 2015.

  1. Dec 12, 2015 at 10:04 PM
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    The squeaking has gotten so bad that once a week I apply lithium grease between the leafs. This morning I was loading up some scrap to take to the scrap yard. It hit me... try ALUMINUM! instead of putting grease this time I put pieces of aluminum sheet between the leafs. It has only been about 14 hours, but so far it has worked. Since aluminum is so soft I don't expect it would be any sort of permanent fix, but if it lasts more than a week, I see that as progress, LOL!
     
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  2. Dec 12, 2015 at 10:06 PM
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    nagorb Should be a dang perma mod

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    My whole truck squeaks.
     
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    Used marine grease yrs ago..... she dont make a sound still
     
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  4. Dec 12, 2015 at 10:23 PM
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    Any chance you remember the brand or anything? I am keeping this truck forever, one of us will have to die first before she is sold. But the leaf squeak drives me nuts!
     
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  5. Dec 12, 2015 at 10:25 PM
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    ill look in the garage.... I dont throw shit away....... gimme a second to wipe
     
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    2015-12-12 22.31.20.jpg
     
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  7. Dec 12, 2015 at 10:36 PM
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    I appreciate it so much! This has been driving me crazy for years. I am going to find some ASAP!


    Thanks bro!
     
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    ur welcome..... I just did some thinking after I installed my icon aal and it started .aking racket.... I thought "well marine grease should deflect rain/puddles and shit so lets try it".... pryed leafs apart with truck FRAME on tall jack stands and used a very very thin boning knife to apply the grease to each leaf.... few yrs later and no issues even after repeated under carriage enabled washes under pressurized water.
     
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  9. Dec 12, 2015 at 10:40 PM
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    Maybe someone here can chime in with some more info on this but wouldn't it be a bad idea to have two disimiliar metals in contact with each other?
     
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    If you mean the aluminum and steel I would say it isn't a big issue as the aluminum isn't going to last long enough to have any effect other than short term.
     
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    I'm no expert but, from what I remember the aluminum should corrode at a faster rate.
     
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  12. Dec 13, 2015 at 9:54 AM
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    A yearly routine of undercoating with fluid film and you also have no squeaks and no rust.
     
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    Torquing my u-bolts past finger tight eliminated about 90% of my squeaks, something to check as well.
     
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    LMAO .....funniest thing I've read in a while
     
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