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fourspeedwagon · 08-03-2015, 03:48 PM

Not sure how this happened or how to take care of it. Recently bought this and noticed this today.

fourspeedwagon · 08-03-2015, 03:50 PM

It's about an inch and a half total as measured from the frame rail to the wheel.

cdowns · 08-03-2015, 05:31 PM

Get an adjustable panhard bar and dial it in

fourspeedwagon · 08-03-2015, 06:33 PM

Ok thanks- so that's not an uncommon thing then. -- Had me worried there.
Thanks again

michael bustamante · 08-03-2015, 06:46 PM

thats the front end isint it? is it a four wheel drive?

fourspeedwagon · 08-03-2015, 07:03 PM

Yes the front on a 4 whd

SCOTI · 08-04-2015, 09:18 AM

Front shouldn't be off that far.

Need to check body bushings, body to frame alignment, & then possibly check to make sure the frame is not tweaked.

Keith Seymore · 08-04-2015, 10:37 AM

If the cab is on the frame crooked then that can cause the front end sheet metal (the "doghouse") to shoot off to one side. One way to tell is if the gap between the fender and the bumper (which is attached directly to the frame) is different from side to side.

You might be able to true everything up by loosening the fenders and rad support to frame, and scooting it over.

K

michael bustamante · 08-04-2015, 11:33 AM

id measure both sides from spindle to frame and see if theres a difference. like they are saying, the fenders might be a lil off.

fourspeedwagon · 08-04-2015, 01:22 PM

That's basically the measurement that I took. I went from the frame rail to the wheel mounting surface. It's about an inch and a half different. The sheet metal all fits good and doesn't appear to have ever been wrecked- original fenders etc too.

SASROD · 08-05-2015, 06:16 PM

Did you check to make sure the wheels are the same width and backspacing?

08-03-2015, 03:48 PM	#1
fourspeedwagon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Yakima Valley, Washington Posts: 575	Axle sits to the right? Not sure how this happened or how to take care of it. Recently bought this and noticed this today. Attached Images

08-03-2015, 03:50 PM	#2
fourspeedwagon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Yakima Valley, Washington Posts: 575	Re: Axle sits to the right? It's about an inch and a half total as measured from the frame rail to the wheel. Attached Images

08-03-2015, 05:31 PM	#3
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Axle sits to the right? Get an adjustable panhard bar and dial it in __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

08-03-2015, 06:33 PM	#4
fourspeedwagon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Yakima Valley, Washington Posts: 575	Re: Axle sits to the right? Ok thanks- so that's not an uncommon thing then. -- Had me worried there. Thanks again

08-03-2015, 06:46 PM	#5
michael bustamante Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 7,841	Re: Axle sits to the right? thats the front end isint it? is it a four wheel drive? __________________ 1967custom

08-03-2015, 07:03 PM	#6
fourspeedwagon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Yakima Valley, Washington Posts: 575	Re: Axle sits to the right? Yes the front on a 4 whd

08-04-2015, 09:18 AM	#7
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 21,939	Re: Axle sits to the right? Front shouldn't be off that far. Need to check body bushings, body to frame alignment, & then possibly check to make sure the frame is not tweaked. __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

08-04-2015, 10:37 AM	#8
Keith Seymore Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Motor City Posts: 9,178	Re: Axle sits to the right? If the cab is on the frame crooked then that can cause the front end sheet metal (the "doghouse") to shoot off to one side. One way to tell is if the gap between the fender and the bumper (which is attached directly to the frame) is different from side to side. You might be able to true everything up by loosening the fenders and rad support to frame, and scooting it over. K __________________ 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/

08-04-2015, 11:33 AM	#9
michael bustamante Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 7,841	Re: Axle sits to the right? id measure both sides from spindle to frame and see if theres a difference. like they are saying, the fenders might be a lil off. __________________ 1967custom

08-04-2015, 01:22 PM	#10
fourspeedwagon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Yakima Valley, Washington Posts: 575	Re: Axle sits to the right? That's basically the measurement that I took. I went from the frame rail to the wheel mounting surface. It's about an inch and a half different. The sheet metal all fits good and doesn't appear to have ever been wrecked- original fenders etc too.

08-05-2015, 06:16 PM	#11
SASROD Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 25	Re: Axle sits to the right? Did you check to make sure the wheels are the same width and backspacing?



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