# 2011 Ford F150 - Leaps

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-ford-f150-leaps/127501>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [October 25, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-ford-f150-leaps/127501 "2018-10-25T02:51:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![woody23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6bbea6/32.png) [@woody23](https://community.cartalk.com/u/woody23)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-ford-f150-leaps/127501/1 "2018-10-25T02:51:24Z")

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I have f150 5.0L , the back leaps spring make a noise when accidental. After I take the brakes off ,the leaps spring rotors or twist and hit on each other,don’ts know what to do. What could cause that?

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-ford-f150-leaps/127501/2 "2018-10-25T10:20:16Z")

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Well you have me totally confused. The brake hardware is bolted to the axle housing, not the leaf springs.  
Suggest you take it to a professional.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/8/831b47f820348b6c903be1083aaaa87137fc390a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-ford-f150-leaps/127501/3 "2018-10-25T13:04:27Z")

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This is a good example of just how bad of an idea the ’ Ask Someone ’ section was.

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-ford-f150-leaps/127501/4 "2018-10-25T23:37:02Z")

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Please proof read your posts. It will help us understand better and you will get much better results.

Take it to any good independent mechanic.

I think that what you mean is that you had an accident and the **LEAF** springs rotate Not **ROTOR** and twist.

The stack of springs are held together by straps around the stack. Then the whole stack is placed over a short post welded to the axle, and large clamps hold the spring stach to the axle.

I presume that either the spring straps have broken in the accident or the post that keeps the stack aligned has been sheered off in the accident.

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-ford-f150-leaps/127501/5 "2018-10-26T01:53:01Z")

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Hmmm… I translated that he’s getting axle wrap when he accelerates from a stop. But hard to decipher exactly.