65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

i installed new rear coil springs and trailing arm bushings with tracking arm rear end is offcentered by 1/2 anyone have any ideas why? adjustable tracking arm i see my only fix

Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

Check you track arm bushings

Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

Did you get lowering springs or are they stock height ?

Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

old tracking arm was bent, so i replaced it with new tracking arm and new bushings im kind of wondering far fetched but if bracket is bent 1/2 seems like alot though

Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

it is stock height

Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

i read on a forum somewhere that there tracking arm length was 24 inches center to center on there 64-66 chevy truck , mine is 23 1/2, there would be my 1/2 but doesnt make sense bought new from lmc truck

Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

Is the truck complete or going together? Reason I ask is if all the weight is no on it it will be off to one side. Also it it is only a 1/4" off on the length. Mine was off a bit to one side with no load in the truck but when I used it as a truck it was pretty centered. Now that is has been lowered and has the long track bar on it it changes very little between unloaded and a bed full of mulch.
Jimmy

Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

its stock hieght, its off 1/2 , 1 inch to one side. i have the bed on it . ive had truck for years, have drove it quite a bit cant tell with handling of it, just noticeable when you really look. it cant be right. has to be in tracking arm i figure, somehow, too short bent bracket or stud

Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

thanks for ideas ,i figured out why my rear end was off so bad , may sound kind of dumb but as i was asked about stock height, im thinking it is , but today it dawned on me, i added rear air shocks when i installed new trailing arm bushings and tracking arm i let air out of shocks to almost nothing and it is within 1/4 i think ill go back to set of gas shocks

Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring
 

The short track bars move the rear a good bit as they travel. That is greatly improved with the long bars. As an added bonus it lowers the roll center to improve the handling.
Jimmy