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greasing leaf springs?

I have never used grease but many years ago we used kerosene or diesel oil sprayed on them to make them slide easier when they flex. Many service station use to lubricate them on cars and even the rubber bushings as well. it eliminated some noises in the vehicle.
 
Don't do it unless you wrap them with a protective boot of some kind. The road dirt will form an abrasive paste and wear them thin, or to the point they crack. Putting High density Teflon sheets between the tips and anchoring them (tough to do with Teflon)using some mechanical positioner/holder (nothing glues to it) works wonders. Jim
 
Can't see why, springs flex not slide, the only place to grease is where the spring is anchored to the chassis on trucks, cars I think are encased in rubber. I used a lithium based grease because it won't wash off. Tried two types of grease with a pressure hose, one washed off, the lithium based smeared and did not. That sold me.
 
bad idea, it may ride smoother for awhile but as others have said, they will wear much faster, another way to "lub them" is to take apart the spring pack, insert strips of teflon between the leaves, and reasemble using new center bolt and u bolts, a lot of newer trucks come with these strips and they can be added to older ones while apart, its time to add a leaf or 2 if you need more spring capacity, [ you will still be limited by axles and wheel bearing load capacity, as well as the size of your brakes, ]
 
Single leaf springs (mono leaf) flex. Each leaf in a multi leaf spring flexes. The spring stack leaves do slide on one another. Take a deck of cards and bend it like you were shuffling while holding one end of the deck compressed. They slide against one another as they bend for sure.
 
have seen cars from the 30's that the spring packs were covered with leather boots tied up with leather laces that weree filled with grease.Manufacturers must have stopped using them for some reason. Bill m.
 
Ford used covered springs with a grease fitting on the center bolt starting in 1940. Grooved spring leaves with a grease fitting were used starting in 1936.Ford warned against using the wrong lubricant.I had a 46 Ford with covered springs.
 
(quoted from post at 08:38:45 09/28/11) Ford used covered springs with a grease fitting on the center bolt starting in 1940. Grooved spring leaves with a grease fitting were used starting in 1936.Ford warned against using the wrong lubricant.I had a 46 Ford with covered springs.
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remember those.....cover was sections of tin?
 
there used to be a spray you could put on them that claimed it wouldnt attract or hold dirt,sort of like those spray chain lubricants.i wouldnt use grease myself.ive seen folks use teflon sprays,and there were some who used to cut teflon strips to lay between springs as they reassembled.in my opinion ,that would be about all i would use,if youve got some squeaking.otherwise nothing is probably better.
 

How about using the graphite paint that is used on combines and other machinery. After it dries, it shouldn't attract dust and dirt.

Myron
 
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