Spoon bars clunking

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It's more of the cost of ownership with this type of bushing. It gives amazing performance for all applications, but there is a bit of work involved with ownership. I would much rather prefer a Poly or Delrin bushing for MY application. Its not so much what Spohn did wrong, its just the nature of the beast. I own a repair shop, so its not a big deal for me, but id hate to be paying 1ish hours of labour a few times until the bushings finally settle.

Its really dodges fault, ******* coil spring rears are such a pain in the ass. It doesn't ride better, it doesnt tow better, and is a PITA to modify in comparison to a leaf sprung truck.


Do you know when dodge went from a leaf spring to the coil set up? Why do you think they chose to switch?
 

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I think leaf to coil was 2009/2010^^^^^^oh better ride with coils over leafs
 
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I think the coils ride way better than leaf Springs.imo
 

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I think the coils ride way better than leaf Springs.imo

I think the new F-150 is running leaf springs IIRC. If that is true, what does that say about leaf springs? I feel like my buddies 15' king ranch rides very smooth and handles well.


Could a well sorted leaf spring set up be better than what the ram currently has? Does the silverado have leaf springs still? I tried looking at their site for specs but could not find the info.

I just wish it was easier/ a better way to lower these trucks without issues... :emotions122:
 

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Everyone uses leafs on fullsizes except ram. They do it for ride quality.

But as soon as you lower them, its a complete **** show. Ride like ****, cant go low, and the factory geometry for the link bars is comical. I love my 16 sport, but id love it more with leafs and a flip kit with helper bags.
 

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Don't forget that once the bushing settles you have to grease it. If you don't then it will start clunking again. I'd suggest greasing them every 5,000 miles or so.
 

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Everyone uses leafs on fullsizes except ram. They do it for ride quality.

But as soon as you lower them, its a complete **** show. Ride like ****, cant go low, and the factory geometry for the link bars is comical. I love my 16 sport, but id love it more with leafs and a flip kit with helper bags.


Do you think the Chevy and/or the Ford ride better stock vs stock than the Ram? I mean, does this different susp. setup Ram has even really ride better? I mean if it truly does that one be one thing, but if it rides about the same seems its just more PITA than anything. Though I guess the bulk of the consumers for the Ram 1500 are not lowering the truck...

Has anyone ever thought of converting their Ram to leaf spring? Or would that just cost way too much, be too difficult or not really gain much performance? I guess it would be converting truck to leaf spring suspension and lowering it (cost) vs. lowering the OEM set up with lowering kit, spohn parts, etc. (cost).

I have no idea what it would cost to convert to leaf spring....
 

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in my personal experience no they don't ride better, but im not a chassis enginner. The money spent to convert to leafs would be much better spent re-linking the truck
 

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So people who have these say the del-sphere joint loosens up over time and that the clunking noise may be associated with the joint being loose. The problem if I understand correctly is the joints loosening up from the stress of driving. Do you have to remove the arms to actually tighten up the joints? Or can you just get under the truck and use the tool to tighten them without needed to take anything off?



Could a solution be to use some kind of loctite?

Would it be possible to use loctite on these without it inhibiting the free movement of the actual ball inside the joint?
 

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I used a pin style spanner wrench to do the lowers on the truck , but uppers need to come off to do them. It's not that the adjustment ring comes loose, there is a lock screw to keep them in place. The joint ball and cups start to conform to each others shape , and I guess it takes a few rounds of adjustments to keep them tight through the transition .
 

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I used a pin style spanner wrench to do the lowers on the truck , but uppers need to come off to do them. It's not that the adjustment ring comes loose, there is a lock screw to keep them in place. The joint ball and cups start to conform to each others shape , and I guess it takes a few rounds of adjustments to keep them tight through the transition .


So it sounds like once you have put some miles on them and they are broken in (and tightened maybe 2-3 times) that the issue will diminish?
 

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Thats what Spohn says....Im on round 2 of adjustment, well see how they progress.
 

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I used a pin style spanner wrench to do the lowers on the truck , but uppers need to come off to do them. It's not that the adjustment ring comes loose, there is a lock screw to keep them in place. The joint ball and cups start to conform to each others shape , and I guess it takes a few rounds of adjustments to keep them tight through the transition .

Could you go in to more detail? I recently greased and re-tightened all upper and lower bars. Now It creaks like an old truck. What am I doing wrong?
 

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Could you go in to more detail? I recently greased and re-tightened all upper and lower bars. Now It creaks like an old truck. What am I doing wrong?

Mines creaks also. Probably need to re-tighten and grease everything.
 

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Yeah after reading this & 'm not even lowered , I'd really rethink this .....as a daily driver this sounds like waaaaayyyyy to much work , track car that's torn down after a weekend of torcher that's a different story , gargae queen ... Maybe but , me I'll just do factory replacement , thanks guys ordering from Amazon now ...
 

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Yeah after reading this & 'm not even lowered , I'd really rethink this .....as a daily driver this sounds like waaaaayyyyy to much work , track car that's torn down after a weekend of torcher that's a different story , gargae queen ... Maybe but , me I'll just do factory replacement , thanks guys ordering from Amazon now ...

Yea thats the reason that I am not lowering mine 2/4. I drive 100 miles a day for work and this sounds like a pain in the ass
 

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I'll be getting some BECAUSE of all this extra work..... :crazy:
 

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I'm on round three at this time. Remove, tighten, grease. repeat in 1500 miles or less
 
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