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08-24-2003, 09:02 PM
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Squeaking rubber shakle bushings
My 48 Ford Tudor Streetrod has a Ford 9 inch rear end mounted on parallel leaf springs.The rubber bushing in the shakles really make a lot of noise, I had the same problem last summer so replaced the bushing with new rubber bushings. Made sure everthing was clean. They started making the same noise this weend again. What can I do to prevent the rubber bushing from making so much noise?
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08-25-2003, 09:36 AM
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Change the rubber to teflon bushings, which if you can't find the exact ones can be turned down in a lathe from a larger size or load the heck out of shackle pins with graphite. If they are making a lot of noise you may have a slight hanger alignment problem that's causing the bolts to bind.
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08-25-2003, 09:37 AM
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take them apart again & use some anti-seaze or grease on them, thats what I had to do on a couple of cars I owned.........joe
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08-25-2003, 09:44 AM
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get some of that super sticky urethane bushing grease, and grease em up......
you have any grease whores close to you???? they love this kind of stuff ya know.....
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08-25-2003, 10:40 AM
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agree w/above- especially the alignment check- if greased when installed they should not start squeaking unless humidity/wet weather causes the bolts not aligned to bind.
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