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Worn leaf spring pads?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dan Jefferys" data-source="post: 721414" data-attributes="member: 65628"><p>I took my 03 ST in today have shocks installed (Rancho 5000's) and asked the mechanic to track down a very annoying "squeak" that I get when starting/stopping/hitting a bump if the shocks turned out not to be the culprit. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The mechanic said that I'm getting the squeak because several of my leaf spring pads are worn out / non-existent. He used a lubricant between the springs and it's a lot better but not completely gone. He said that the leaf pads might have to be replaced to get it to go away completely. </p><p></p><p>Anyone else have this problem? Did I wear out the leaf pads because I waited too long to replace the pitiful stock shocks (I just broke 59k)? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm loving the 5000's, btw. Unbelievable difference! The ST feels higher and is *much* better turning and over bumps (I'd still like to get a sway bar as well at some point, though).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan Jefferys, post: 721414, member: 65628"] I took my 03 ST in today have shocks installed (Rancho 5000's) and asked the mechanic to track down a very annoying "squeak" that I get when starting/stopping/hitting a bump if the shocks turned out not to be the culprit. The mechanic said that I'm getting the squeak because several of my leaf spring pads are worn out / non-existent. He used a lubricant between the springs and it's a lot better but not completely gone. He said that the leaf pads might have to be replaced to get it to go away completely. Anyone else have this problem? Did I wear out the leaf pads because I waited too long to replace the pitiful stock shocks (I just broke 59k)? I'm loving the 5000's, btw. Unbelievable difference! The ST feels higher and is *much* better turning and over bumps (I'd still like to get a sway bar as well at some point, though). [/QUOTE]
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