Rear shocks annoying noise?

[JD 500]

Thanks Jason and Hockster.

Glad I waited, I was going to use the synthetic grease in my grease gun.
Which definitely attracts dust looking at my quad.

I think I have a bottle of white lightning ( Dry wax lube for mx chains ) but it may be a small squirt bottle. I'll have to figure out how to get it into the right places.

 

[RaptorRexCullen]

Thanks Jason and Hockster.

Glad I waited, I was going to use the synthetic grease in my grease gun.
Which definitely attracts dust looking at my quad.

I think I have a bottle of white lightning ( Dry wax lube for mx chains ) but it may be a small squirt bottle. I'll have to figure out how to get it into the right places.

Have you done this yet? Has it helped?

Im working long shifts over the next little while and wont have time to hit up my auto store but im itching to get under there and start greasing up the squeaks.

 

[SDHQJASON]

Let us know if it helped fix your squeaking issue!

 

[SOCOMech]

Thanks Jason and Hockster.

Glad I waited, I was going to use the synthetic grease in my grease gun.
Which definitely attracts dust looking at my quad.

I think I have a bottle of white lightning ( Dry wax lube for mx chains ) but it may be a small squirt bottle. I'll have to figure out how to get it into the right places.

Lift the rear of the truck so that the axle hangs......use a pry bar to spread the ends of the leafs away from eachother and then you can apply the grease in the needed areas. The thing though is to make sure you wrap a piece/corner of a rag around the pry bar, that way, you don't put gouge marks in the leafs which could lead to rust or debris sitting in the gouge and causing more squeaking.

 

[NickPic83]

Lift the rear of the truck so that the axle hangs......use a pry bar to spread the ends of the leafs away from eachother and then you can apply the grease in the needed areas. The thing though is to make sure you wrap a piece/corner of a rag around the pry bar, that way, you don't put gouge marks in the leafs which could lead to rust or debris sitting in the gouge and causing more squeaking.

what grease would be best for this?

 

[SOCOMech]

what grease would be best for this?

A white lithium grease or graphite grease has been shown to do the trick for a while. Here's another thread on the subject that shows an image of the friction pads that are responsible.......
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f7/squeaky-raptor-leaf-springs-66/

 

[NickPic83]

thanks! i have the white lithium grease and i have some graphite grease at work if i need it

 

[JD 500]

Couldn't find the white lightning wax type dry lube I thought I had on hand, so I tried a (dry) teflon spray lube. It didn't make a difference.

I also didn't spread the leaves apart.

Gonna have to take another run at it with the white lithium or graphite.

 

[RaptorRexCullen]

Let us know if it helped fix your squeaking issue!

A white lithium grease or graphite grease has been shown to do the trick for a while. Here's another thread on the subject that shows an image of the friction pads that are responsible.......
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f7/squeaky-raptor-leaf-springs-66/

Success!! I found some white lithium grease and applied it to all the anti-friction pads as well as the front and rear bearings of the leaf springs. So im not sure what the "actual" solution was but this way I dont have to crawl back under there. I used the flathead trick (thanks to SOCOMech!) to spread the leafs apart enough to spray the grease in.

I drove around for an hour without the radio because silence is golden and I've never appreciated it so much haha.

 

[Squatting Dog]

It works great and if you're having rear noise this seems to fix it. It has worked for me on both my 2011 and 2012 Raptors.

-Greg