Rear Spring - Lower Isolator Missing?

[Gr8 N8]

Last Fall I had the local dealership install an AEV 2" spacer lift on my 2020 Rubi. Afterwards I'd get an occasional groaning/rubbing noise when off roading coming from the passenger side. Today I had a nearby shop take a look and they noticed there are no lower isolators under the rear springs. I tried finding them online including Mopar OEM but couldn't so now wondering, did my Jeep ever have the isolators? Hoping someone with knowledge or a stock Rubi can look at theirs and chime in. Thanks!

Sponsored

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Last Fall I had the local dealership install an AEV 2" spacer lift on my 2020 Rubi. Afterwards I'd get an occasional groaning/rubbing noise when off roading coming from the passenger side. Today I had a nearby shop take a look and they noticed there are no lower isolators under the rear springs. I tried finding them online including Mopar OEM but couldn't so now wondering, did my Jeep ever have the isolators? Hoping someone with knowledge or a stock Rubi can look at theirs and chime in. Thanks!

Gladiators never had lower spring isolators. The spring sits directly on the axle pad.
You can't find them for sale/online because they don't exist.

Daystar goofed in their own spacer install instructions when they say to remove the isolator. There isn't one.

Can't speak to the instructions from other companies.

I've never had spring noise from either of my Gladiators, my 2020 or my 2022.
The springs themselves on mine have a sheath so don't rub directly steel to steel

Here is my current situation with the Daystar 0.75" spacer lift under the rear (and with air bags to prevent droop when towing). Note the spring has its own isolator on the bottom coils.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Daystar was talking about the plastic piece wrapped around the spring. I took those off when installing the spacers.

They must have been, that's all I could ever figure, but I wasn't going to take mine off in case I decided to take their spacers out.
I could not find anything else to take out, and couldn't see why I should take those off since it won't matter with them on there. Taking them off means a fraction of an inch less lift. The daystar spacers crush down after a while, they settle in and you don't get a full 0.75" lift.
I took them off my 2020 when I traded it in and measured - they were a fair amount less than 3/4" thick after 2 years. Taking that pad off the spring would mean even less lift.

If I were to do it again, I'd use a metal spacer that won't crush.

Sponsored