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Post Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 4:11 pm 
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has anyone used uhmwpe tape between the leaf springs.were do you buy it from in Australia.and what thickness tape to use.thanks

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:11 pm 
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so that's a no then

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:18 pm 
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I had some leaves that had teflon tape or something between the leaves... it last about 3 offroad trips before flogging out and creating a heap of noise. Had to open up the packs and blast out the leftovers to make them quiet again.

Technology may have come further since then, but i'm a skeptic.

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:02 am 
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My OME leaves had them.
They did wear out, afterwards I just used high pressure grease between leaves,
with a sand, clean and regrease every 3 years ish.

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:00 pm 
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I have used a Teflon type tape in between my leafs before. I did find the ends wore out after a while but it helped stop sand and rust building up in between and i felt it rode a little softer as the friction between the leafs is reduced .

Here's a photo of the stuff I used , it didnt cost to much and had a sticky back.
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:08 pm 
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That stuff looks way better than the small pads fitted to mine.
I thinks that would last a lot longer.

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