Marks spacer lift with skyjackers squeeks?

[Nexus1155]

Installed Marks lift kit in the rear with skyjacker nitros. The lower strut spacer with washer situation is a little weird so I stacked more washers in to make it a tight fit but everything still squeeks when I am driving down the road and I feel it is from that location since the poly mount does not fill the space well. Or is it the added lift spacer?

Anyone else experience this?

Also my rear end wheels have a ton of positive camber, asked on trailvoy which I feel is a dead site now.

Thanks guys

[ErikSS]

I have the same spacer and shocks. I have never had any squeeks. Could you get us pictures showing what you used for spacing the shock in the center of the perch? Also, could you get pictures of your possitive camber? Our axles have no rear alignment adjustment built in.

[Moots1288]

Installed Marks lift kit in the rear with skyjacker nitros. The lower strut spacer with washer situation is a little weird so I stacked more washers in to make it a tight fit but everything still squeeks when I am driving down the road and I feel it is from that location since the poly mount does not fill the space well. Or is it the added lift spacer?

Anyone else experience this?

Also my rear end wheels have a ton of positive camber, asked on trailvoy which I feel is a dead site now.

Thanks guys

I had a squeak in the front markMc 2.5 lift and I sprayed the upper mount with some white lithium grease and it was all better. In the 2 years I had that lift I sprayed it twice once I started using white lithium grease, I used oil but that ate away at the rubber bushing.

[The Roadie]

Yah, trailvoy has been dead since everybody moved away in Dec 2011. We're all at gmtnation.com now, except for the functional offroaders here.

Not sure about the squeak, but after a couple years of overloaded abuse on my original 8.0" axle, I had bent axle tubes and a camber problem. No cure other than a junkyard axle, and you might as well upgrade to the stronger 8.6" while you're in there.

ADDED: Ooops, I see you have an XUV. I think they all cale with 8.6" originally, being long wheelbase.

[Nexus1155]

Wow, thanks for the quick replies, usually have to wait a week over at the other place. I'm on GMTNation too, but its also a little slow there as well.

Was psyched to read on the XUV, got the G80 and stronger rear end, I was shocked, but nobody likes seeing a truck this long slide around a corner at them. woops.

On both sides, i had them like the drivers side, first i put conduit pipe cut down spacers in and the metal got crushed. next i tried washers (since I saw it on another users pics with nuts)and things got too tight but i got them to snug. now I ended up buying two packs of 1/2 washers hopefully big enough to not crossthread and just fit in, but i feel like it still might be weird.

[The Roadie]

Those washers are too small. They need to be as big as the poly bushing to compress and expand the bushing.

[Moots1288]

Those washers are too small. They need to be as big as the poly bushing to compress and expand the bushing.

agree

[Nexus1155]

it compressed it, but not that much. i think the 1/2 will work this time, just going to stack a ton with no nuts to cause any hassle. still don't feel like taking apart the rear diff though, but i need to service the fluids... badly.

[The Roadie]

If they're not as large a diameter as the bushings, they'll eventually flow into the bushing. Many of us have had the same issue with poly bushings on front strut lift kits.