Squeaking suspension?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hope on September 28, 2016 at 4:35pm

Did you lie under the FJ while someone pushed down on the bumpers? Did you look at the rubber boots? Have you seen grease coming out of any joint?

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Permalink Reply by Trevor on September 28, 2016 at 7:52pm

I tried to bounce it but i cant because its so stiff.lol. i need more then just me to make it move. Havent really got to looking at it in depth yet. But i will this weekend.

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Permalink Reply by matthew shamah on September 29, 2016 at 1:30pm

From my experience once you switch to after market suspension stuff, well.... things start squeaking .. in my case it has almost always been some type of plastic or polyurethane bushing rubbing on metal...  i usually use a lil superlube  or tri-flow  to keep those spots from making noise..  and make sure if you have whatever joints with zerk fittings you my have, greased every so often.. hopefully thats all it is.. :)

m. 

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Permalink Reply by Markie Sharkie on October 4, 2016 at 9:53am

Mine squeaks too. I'm running Icons with Camburg UCA's. At first I thought it was the UCA's because they have these big rubber bushings and I was using the wrong grease originally. I took the UCA's apart, cleaned and regreased them correctly, and it all still squeaks. I have a feeling the rubber where the shocks go in and out of the shock assembly is where the squeak is. Maybe check there?

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Permalink Reply by Back in Black (FJ4 Tahoe) on October 4, 2016 at 2:01pm

did you try turning up the radio?  Seems to work for me :>)

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Permalink Reply by DX FJC on October 23, 2016 at 1:45pm

If it has uniballs then lube them good with a dry lube. I do mine once a month and give everything a shot of grease too. If not they will for sure squeak.

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