Help me find what leaning

[Stomis]

Well I've notice recently that my truck is sitting a little crooked. Today I'm going to begin diagnosing it because its really noticeable and really bothers me.

The rear passenger sits at least an 1 or 2 higher than the rest of the truck. I always noticed the truck had this problem but when i replaced all the bushings in the front suspension it seem to clear up.

When I removed my blocks and did my shackle flip is when this started to happen. I'm gonna start taking axle to ground measurments on each side then move onto frame to ground.

Is it possible that my shackle angles are settling in at different rates from the shackle flip wearing on the springs at a different angle now?

Also i run no swaybar and beat ass shocks if that makes a difference.

 

[MWjr]

Just a few things that come to mind....
What's the condition or your body mount bushings? Are the rear springs original, and sagging? Remove shocks and check if it makes a difference. Replace shocks regardless, since you already admit they are junk.

 

[pvfjr]

You may have a leaf or two that's cracked in one of your springs. I had no idea how many busted leaves I had till I took the pack apart once. Couldn't see the cracks, as they were hairline, look closely. Also check your body mounts, and the condition of the sheet metal around them.

 

[Stomis]

My body mounts are good. I do want to pull my leafs and replace them with 56s anyway but I'm pretty sure I found the culprit.

The moral of this story is (although it is obvious I made a stupid mistake even though I KNEW this would happen). Like I was saying the moral is dont pull people by your rear crossmember. Its a flimsy piece of metal and its not strong. I bowed out my rear crossmember about 5 inches pulling someone out.

It had my frame sitting in such a way that it was besides raising my shackle mount on one side also throwing my shackle angle off on one side. Which caused a dramatic affect on the lift of the one side of the vehicle.

Its come down alot since I set the crossmember back into place via a 4x4 and a brick wall + reverse. I think I'm going to load a good amount of weight into my bed to get the springs and frame to settle back in correctly.

 

[pvfjr]

Hmm, frame tweakage huh? That's on my list of possible causes, but you didn't mention getting into any accidents or anything, so I omitted it. At least you found it, fixing it sounds like another story.

 

[Stomis]

6 ft 4in x 4in piece of wood + a brick wall + reverse = no more bent cross member

 

[Currank5]

Some other kid on here had this same problem, i think he ended up putting a zero rate on one side to compensate for the lean.

 

[Chevy911]

Could be worse, my blazer is in decent shape other than the 3/4 to 1 inch high bump that runs down the entire passenger side of the floor and bed from the body bending overtop the R/H frame rail, it makes the truck always look crooked, since that makes that side look much lower, especially if you look at the tailgate crossmember. I'd love to know what the previous owner drove the truck off of

 

[Stomis]

Some other kid on here had this same problem, i think he ended up putting a zero rate on one side to compensate for the lean.

Thats not exactly the right way to go about fixing that... I'd rather let my truck lean.

 

[01maroonz71]

im the guy with the gangsta lean on my truck...haha...same exact problem. it's pretty bad.... but i think it's one of my 56's has settled more than the other. the previous owner hada one inch block in the front(driver side) to make up for it.....but i took that out when i swapped axles...i have new EVERYTHING shackles,shocks,front srpings,everything except for rear 56's.....i can see one overload spring has a MUCH bigger gap than the other. i do however have a newer set in the bed of my truck that will be getting installed asap. just ogtta find jackstands big enough.

 

[Stomis]

Cinder blocks are your friend. You should seen me doing my shackle flip....

And yes I stacked them the right way

 

[pvfjr]

I put the 6" springs in the front of my stepside in an AF dormitory parking lot, with nothing but a hi-lift. I don't recommend it. Talk about unstable. And to make things worse, it was a 48" jack, and wasn't tall enough. I had to jack up one side at a time, take a wheel off, and let the axle down on the ground. Then I had to start over in the middle of the bumper, and lift the front end back up, nice and balanced. The jack couldn't pick both wheels off at the same time.