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Squeeking from rear of truck

Old Jul 19, 2006 | 01:51 AM
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ok before u flame me or w/e, i did a search and couldnt find anything helpful.

now i have what im pretty sure are two different squeeks, the 1st happens when i press the brakes (moving or not) and sounds like its coming from the rear driver drum. im thinking its a spring or something.

and second squeek happens whenever i go over a small bump, and i think its all the time but i can only hear it at low speeds with the window open. now i was looking under neath and i noticed the bushing on the control arm thing on the passenger side rear (its a 4x4 bw and im not real familiar with AWD systems) looks very dry and im thinking i might be that...

any other thoughts on what either could be would be appreciated. ill have a friend help me locate the noise this weekend but any ideas from u guys would really help.

PS: where can i buy repair manuals offline? would napa or someplace have them in store?
 
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 03:53 AM
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The suspension squeak is probably a leaf spring cinch. There's info in this thread about fixing it: https://dodgeforum.com/m_334375/tm.htm

You can download a copy of the 2001 Factory service manual in this thread: https://dodgeforum.com/m_340929/tm.htm
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 12:54 AM
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great thanks,

how though, do i find out which P/N my springs are.. i have a 95 1500 Sport?
and also the P/N for the lube seems to not exist anymore, anyone know a name for it or an updated p/n?

thanks again for the help

o and is the number before the P/N like this ( AR (8) 52113136AA ) mean the amount i need or what?
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 05:27 AM
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Default RE: Squeeking from rear of truck

I found that my tailgate was making a squeek when i went over bumps took me almost 2 months to find that out (lol) but some WD-40 will fix it for a while.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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My rear squeaks were coming from the 2 things I mentioned in a post I made 2 weeks ago.
rear squeaks

Your first squeak mentioned might be that spring called the shoe spring that is suppose to hold the 2 shoes together at the bottom. I know on my old dodge shadow I use to break this spring alot, mostly around winter. Tho, I dont think the cause was me always using the e-brake to power-slide around the corner in the snow in a 5 speed
 
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