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whats wrong with my frontend?

beatermule

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so, it seems like my pass side front tire sits closer to the door then my drivers side. nothing is broken or bent that i can see, drives straight down the road, body isnt perfect but its not that screwed up lol, the tire literally looks like its 1" farther back in the wheelwell then the drivers side. only looks like that when its sitting on a downhill slant(driveway/parking lot) looks fine on flat ground. shackle mounts seem fine, spring hangers are even and not bent, im confused... any ideas???
 
maybe the springs are in back wards, one side longer than the other or a broken center bolt, hard to tell a center bolt is broke or bent unless you remove the u bolts.
 
yeah im thinking center bolt, im replacing the packs sometime in the near future so ill know for sure then
 
"looks fine on flat ground"
????
interesting, even wrong way springs will always look wrong
have u looked into U bolts, leaf bushings, ball joints, steering arm/ draglink issues? Is the tire still straight when it "looks funny" or turned a little....making it look closer to the body? How do the hangers compare to each other during both scenarios?
just throwing it out there
 
tires are straight, no play in balljoints or tie rod ends, i found it needs the body mount closest to the wheelwell, thinking mabye it just looks closer due to the body sagging? spring hangers and everything suspension wise checks out, just cant figure out whats making it look off, ill have to take a picture of it tomorrow if i can find the camera
 
I still think you need to look at the u-bolts and make sure they're tight and not bent. The center pin being broken is also a likely suspect to me.

Has the truck ever been in a bad collision? The frame could be bent, but then it probably wouldn't be driving straight.
 
looked at the leafs while i had it on the lift at work, looks like the center pin is broken, as the middle leaf in the pack is shifted back more on the pass side then on the drivers. im replacing the sagging wornout packs soon anyways, just wanted to be sure it wasnt anything else that was worn/broken!
 
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