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3r!c84 · 02-01-2012, 08:23 PM

Okay this is a pretty commen problem with these years of trucks the rear sits a little lower on one side looking from the rear. Mine is the drivers side about 1.5 yes the truck is lowerd but it has the same problem at stock height . It only really is like this in the rear. What could I do to fix this ?

Rotate the leaf springs left from right?

Best pic I got with me

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Taubert83 · 02-01-2012, 08:51 PM

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=506212
hope this helps

cory d · 02-01-2012, 09:05 PM

get a big engine and accelerate hard, all the time

3r!c84 · 02-01-2012, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cory d

get a big engine and accelerate hard, all the time

Already Got a decent size motor

breaking the tires loose is not a problem
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74 stepside · 02-01-2012, 10:42 PM

Your rear leafs probably lost there arch. Mine did same thing. I Installed suburban leafs and no more lean. I think because of the rear gas tank verses the side tanks. Does it lean on side of your gas tank?

3r!c84 · 02-01-2012, 11:22 PM

Yup drivers tank only. Thinking of swapping left to right leaf
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Keith Seymore · 02-02-2012, 09:14 AM

...looks fine from where I sit...

3r!c84 · 02-02-2012, 09:32 AM

Lol I'll get a better pic this weekend. It's pretty noticeable

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swb85 · 02-03-2012, 03:32 PM

Mine had the lean pretty bad, passenger side was higher than driver side. After I lowered my truck and replaced the bed (did both at same time) it sits level again. I did shackles/hangers out back and spindles/cut coil up front. So mine had to be either a twisted bed or hangers/shackles being off somehow.

77BBGMC · 02-03-2012, 06:09 PM

My right side was a lot lower, it was obvious looking at the leaf spring that the arch was not the same as the left. *I was going to get the springs re-arched but took a gamble at the junkyard and purchased one side for $40.00, worked great. *For once I was able to get by with something cheap. *

It's funny how many of these old pickups you see driving around leaning to one side.*
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killthewabbit · 02-06-2012, 12:32 AM

I swapped my leafs from right to left and I'm almost level now

3r!c84 · 02-06-2012, 06:22 PM

see

ringger14 · 02-06-2012, 06:46 PM

Mine did the same thing. I actually just ordered new leafs for both sides. I already replaced almost the entire suspension so I figured Id just spend the extra coin and call it good.

02-01-2012, 08:23 PM	#1
3r!c84 Badass Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lox. fl Posts: 4,586	Sitting sidwayz Okay this is a pretty commen problem with these years of trucks the rear sits a little lower on one side looking from the rear. Mine is the drivers side about 1.5 yes the truck is lowerd but it has the same problem at stock height . It only really is like this in the rear. What could I do to fix this ? Rotate the leaf springs left from right? Best pic I got with me Posted via Mobile Device Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Think outside the box? -84c10 (1stcar)→My Build← -00 Saturn 5spd drop a gear and disappear! 1/4:13:90

02-01-2012, 08:51 PM	#2
Taubert83 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Webb City, Missouri Posts: 50	Re: Sitting sidwayz http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=506212 hope this helps __________________ 83 Sierra-future mods, frame on resto, 20's, 6.0......

02-01-2012, 09:05 PM	#3
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: Sitting sidwayz get a big engine and accelerate hard, all the time __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

02-01-2012, 10:42 PM	#5
74 stepside Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 815	Re: Sitting sidwayz Your rear leafs probably lost there arch. Mine did same thing. I Installed suburban leafs and no more lean. I think because of the rear gas tank verses the side tanks. Does it lean on side of your gas tank?

02-01-2012, 11:22 PM	#6
3r!c84 Badass Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lox. fl Posts: 4,586	Re: Sitting sidwayz Yup drivers tank only. Thinking of swapping left to right leaf Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Think outside the box? -84c10 (1stcar)→My Build← -00 Saturn 5spd drop a gear and disappear! 1/4:13:90

02-02-2012, 09:14 AM	#7
Keith Seymore Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Motor City Posts: 9,228	Re: Sitting sidwayz ...looks fine from where I sit... __________________ Chevrolet Flint Assembly 1979-1986 GM Full Size Truck Engineering 1986 - 2019 Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 My Pontiac story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/

02-02-2012, 09:32 AM	#8
3r!c84 Badass Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lox. fl Posts: 4,586	Re: Sitting sidwayz Lol I'll get a better pic this weekend. It's pretty noticeable Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Think outside the box? -84c10 (1stcar)→My Build← -00 Saturn 5spd drop a gear and disappear! 1/4:13:90

02-03-2012, 03:32 PM	#9
swb85 On a budget like Fred Sanford Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 2,031	Re: Sitting sidwayz Mine had the lean pretty bad, passenger side was higher than driver side. After I lowered my truck and replaced the bed (did both at same time) it sits level again. I did shackles/hangers out back and spindles/cut coil up front. So mine had to be either a twisted bed or hangers/shackles being off somehow. __________________ '85 Silverado swb: 383 stroker, 10.5:1, vortec heads, 232/238 roller cam, RPM air gap, performer 750 carb, stainless longtubes, 3" duals/super 44's, T56/4.11 383ci build / exterior refresh thread '98 Camaro z28: 370ci twin turbo 370ci build '01 Tahoe LT 4x4: 5.3, longtubes/ory, magnaflow duals, custom tune....wife's DD

02-03-2012, 06:09 PM	#10
77BBGMC Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 357	Re: Sitting sidwayz My right side was a lot lower, it was obvious looking at the leaf spring that the arch was not the same as the left. I was going to get the springs re-arched but took a gamble at the junkyard and purchased one side for $40.00, worked great. For once I was able to get by with something cheap. * It's funny how many of these old pickups you see driving around leaning to one side.* Posted via Mobile Device

02-06-2012, 12:32 AM	#11
killthewabbit Spear and magic helmet! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,226	Re: Sitting sidwayz I swapped my leafs from right to left and I'm almost level now

02-06-2012, 06:22 PM	#12
3r!c84 Badass Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lox. fl Posts: 4,586	Re: Sitting sidwayz see __________________ Think outside the box? -84c10 (1stcar)→My Build← -00 Saturn 5spd drop a gear and disappear! 1/4:13:90

02-06-2012, 06:46 PM	#13
ringger14 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Macomb Illinois Posts: 97	Re: Sitting sidwayz Mine did the same thing. I actually just ordered new leafs for both sides. I already replaced almost the entire suspension so I figured Id just spend the extra coin and call it good.



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