Front leaf noise

[toddball]

I noticed the back pad that attaches to the 2nd to last spring in the rear next to shackle is toast. Would that spring moving without the pad cause a popping noise turning? Everything else is good and tight on the front end. Can you get new pads and rebuild the pack? They are tuff country springs.

 

[Wes Harden]

you can get new plastic pads. I made some coil spring upper pads outta round 1 gl plastic jugs worked great.

 

[mechted]

Amazon.com

These are the spring pads you want for Tough Country springs. I had to buy a couple before I found the right size.

To replace them: Jack up that corner of the vehicle, support it at the frame, drop the affected corner to get all the weight off the spring, then get a couple pry bars and work on the leaf spring until you have the 1/2" or so of space you need to get any remnants out and the new one in. Dont even have to remove the tire if you can jack the corner up high enough.