Rear Creaking Sounds after installing Alldogs Offroad Rear Springs

[Muckle]

I swapped out the stock rear springs with the Alldogs after also doing the front springs and being very impressed with those. Upon swapping out the rears, I now have a creaking sound coming from the rear suspension. This happens when I'm removing something as simple as a 20lb bag of pellets from the bed of the truck, when I enter and exit the vehicle, etc.

Reached out to Alldogs and so far they've suggested verifying everything is torqued correctly, which I did (sway bar link at 62, bottom strut bolt at 72). Also verified the springs are seated correctly.

Any other ideas? I've been known to ask silly questions before so I'm happy to make a fool of myself to solve this problem too.

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[MT-Taco]

I swapped out the stock rear springs with the Alldogs after also doing the front springs and being very impressed with those. Upon swapping out the rears, I now have a creaking sound coming from the rear suspension. This happens when I'm removing something as simple as a 20lb bag of pellets from the bed of the truck, when I enter and exit the vehicle, etc.

Reached out to Alldogs and so far they've suggested verifying everything is torqued correctly, which I did (sway bar link at 62, bottom strut bolt at 72). Also verified the springs are seated correctly.

Any other ideas? I've been known to ask silly questions before so I'm happy to make a fool of myself to solve this problem too.

My Icon springs have the same squeak, haven’t had a chance to dive in? But I suspect the OEM springs had a plastic coating spiral of the springs, the Icons don’t. Thinking about wrapping them with electrical tape just to see if the noise goes away? Then a more permanent solution of some kind?

 

[gofastdan]

You've probably already checked this but make sure the springs are correctly oriented. When you're installing them there's a definite position they want to sit in. If they aren't seated correctly I can see how they might make noise as they move. There's a "ramp" or maybe you could call it a "well" for lack of a better term on the axle that the spring needs to sit firmly in. If it's rotated one way or the other out of that "well" then the spring won't be making full contact all the way around on the axle end of the spring.

Hope that makes sense, kind of hard to describe but pretty obvious when you're rotating the spring around to get it positioned.

There are some vinyl rub strips that I took off the stock springs and reinstalled on my Dobinsons but I doubt that's your issue b/c in your video you're not compressing the springs enough to ever hit any of those strips...

 

[Muckle]

You've probably already checked this but make sure the springs are correctly oriented. When you're installing them there's a definite position they want to sit in. If they aren't seated correctly I can see how they might make noise as they move. There's a "ramp" or maybe you could call it a "well" for lack of a better term on the axle that the spring needs to sit firmly in. If it's rotated one way or the other out of that "well" then the spring won't be making full contact all the way around on the axle end of the spring.

Hope that makes sense, kind of hard to describe but pretty obvious when you're rotating the spring around to get it positioned.

There are some vinyl rub strips that I took off the stock springs and reinstalled on my Dobinsons but I doubt that's your issue b/c in your video you're not compressing the springs enough to ever hit any of those strips...

They are seated properly - when installing them, there's a clear direction for the end of the spring/pigtail to face. I have debated taking the rubber strips off the stock springs and placing them on the new springs to see if that helps, but I would think the Alldogs install video would've called that out, but they didn't add the rubber pieces. Moreover, I would think Alldogs customer service would've mentioned this, had that been a common issue/missed step.

 

[ThatBronze4G]

the video almost sounds like a bushing. have you tried loosening the control arm bolts and then retorquing at ride height? may be worth a shot to see.

 

[Muckle]

the video almost sounds like a bushing. have you tried loosening the control arm bolts and then retorquing at ride height? may be worth a shot to see.

Speak to me like I’m a five year old lol. I assume you aren’t referencing what’s circled in red.

 

[MT-Taco]

Speak to me like I’m a five year old lol. I assume you aren’t referencing what’s circled in red.

No, where the coil spring and perch on top of the axel mate.

 

[mal363]

When installing my ADO springs, I did transfer the OEM plastic spring coil covers to the ADO springs. So far, squeak free.

 

[MT-Taco]

I’ll be transferring mine over soon, never even thought of it!

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