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Theres your issue, my geuss is the rear shackle got smack on a rock or something
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Theres your issue, my geuss is the rear shackle got smack on a rock or something
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Make sure you inspect it thoroughly, the passenger side could be tight, or the driver's side could be stretched. Just make sure you find the right bent part before you order stuff of course.
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Dumb question, but do you have the truck up off the tires (jack stands) prior to taking measurements? This way you can make sure to take side wall flex out of the equation.
Also, back in the early 90's, when I was young and dumb, I replaced the rear end and trailing arms in my El Camino. I snugged all the suspension bolts with the rear end in full droop. When I lowered it down it sat too high, so I did the normal thing back then and heated my springs to get the ride height I wanted. Fast forward a year or so to a gear swap. This time I didn't snug everything till it was on the ground. Now it was too low, so I went back to how I had it before.
If you did not when you installed the new springs, with the weight of the truck on the ground, loosen and tighten all your spring and shackle bushing bolts to remove all the pre-load in them. This will remove any bind in your bushings. It will also make the truck ride a little nicer.
Also, back in the early 90's, when I was young and dumb, I replaced the rear end and trailing arms in my El Camino. I snugged all the suspension bolts with the rear end in full droop. When I lowered it down it sat too high, so I did the normal thing back then and heated my springs to get the ride height I wanted. Fast forward a year or so to a gear swap. This time I didn't snug everything till it was on the ground. Now it was too low, so I went back to how I had it before.
If you did not when you installed the new springs, with the weight of the truck on the ground, loosen and tighten all your spring and shackle bushing bolts to remove all the pre-load in them. This will remove any bind in your bushings. It will also make the truck ride a little nicer.
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Certinaly is a nice looking truck. I'm not thinking twisted frame, but possibly a bent axle tube or maybe the flange is bent. Or is it an optical illusion in the pics from the camera angle maybe? To me is sure looks like that left rear wheel is leaning in at the top. It actually kinda of looks that way on the rear shot photo too.
Anyone else seem to notice that? I wonder if that wheel offset could have something to do with that. They're sticking out there a bit.
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I noticed that too HRPC. It could be an illusion, or uneven ground the rear axle is resting on, but something to look into.
I have the same issue with my 85, so I'll be following this thread.
Beautiful truck Ozie, do you know the paint code?
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There is also the Chevy lean. A bit of that can be normal for some reason, but that left rear wheel. I'm thinking what is causing that, get it rectified, and the lean will be fixed. I have a feeling they're connected.
I had a buddy one time, said something was wrong with his 76, it leaned on the driver said. After a few jokes of letting fat girls drive it, I told him, it's your damn driveway. He always said NO. Finally one day I told him, quitcher bitchin' dude, it's your damn driveway. It don't lean when it's parked in the street. He says, that's because the right wheels are in the gutter compensating. I told him, you know what, back that fukin truck up in the driveway. He gets out and looks then yells, WTF is going on here, now it's leaning to the right?
I said, yeah I know cuz it's your fukin driveway. He argued with me some more claiming his driveway is flat other than the front to rear slope. I told him, it's a nice day, why don't wash the damn thing. As soon as I seen the water flowing, I told him to look at the flow of the water off your driveway. He didn't get it. It was flowing off the left side. I told him that water is going that way because you have a damn crown in your driveway. We finally got out a 4 foot level and a 2x4 stud 7ft whatever, and I showed him he had about 4 inch drop from right to left in his driveway. FINALLY !!! I got him to believe me.
I had a buddy one time, said something was wrong with his 76, it leaned on the driver said. After a few jokes of letting fat girls drive it, I told him, it's your damn driveway. He always said NO. Finally one day I told him, quitcher bitchin' dude, it's your damn driveway. It don't lean when it's parked in the street. He says, that's because the right wheels are in the gutter compensating. I told him, you know what, back that fukin truck up in the driveway. He gets out and looks then yells, WTF is going on here, now it's leaning to the right?
I said, yeah I know cuz it's your fukin driveway. He argued with me some more claiming his driveway is flat other than the front to rear slope. I told him, it's a nice day, why don't wash the damn thing. As soon as I seen the water flowing, I told him to look at the flow of the water off your driveway. He didn't get it. It was flowing off the left side. I told him that water is going that way because you have a damn crown in your driveway. We finally got out a 4 foot level and a 2x4 stud 7ft whatever, and I showed him he had about 4 inch drop from right to left in his driveway. FINALLY !!! I got him to believe me.74 Shortbed
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I'd start with the easiest, loosen the shackles and bounce it a few times and see if it levels out.
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I don't think that's an optical illusion!
I would use a level from top to bottom of right hand wheel/tire and do the same on the left.
Has to be some major wear going on somewhere?
I would use a level from top to bottom of right hand wheel/tire and do the same on the left.
Has to be some major wear going on somewhere?
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Maybe the truck just wants to be a gangsta and is going for the gangster lean look 
