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On 3/11/2004 2:14 PM, John Bell wrote:
| OK folks, this one actually has me steamed up...
|
| I was dropping my kid off at pre-school today, and noticed that when I
had a
| little articulation going into the parking lot that the leaf springs
in the
| back went *grooooan squeek*. It had been doing this a little bit on the
| right side for a while, but today both sides let loose.
|
| I got to work and got out to take a look... the rubber isolators that sit
| between the spring clamps and the actual leaves on the springs were shot -
| completely gone. One was so bad the rubber had broken and popped out from
| underneath the clamp. You could literally tear off a chunk and crumble the
| rubber in your fingers :-(. NOT GOOD.
|
| So, the old beast sits at the dealer now, waiting for replacement parts.
|
| I have -never- had a vehicle of any kind do this to me before. The truck
| only has 49k miles on it. I find it hard to believe that the material for
| the isolators would be -that- bad.
|
| Has anyone else had this happen to them?
Pretty popular problem on '00 Durangos. The solution was to partly
disassemble things & slip a Teflon pad between the leaves. Or something.
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"Whatever Adam does, do the opposite and you'll be fine"
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