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just installed lift now pass front is 1in lower.

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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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So we installed my friends fabtech 4in lift today and now the passenger side front end leans about 1in closer to the tire. Cant figure out whats wrong maybe the shocks bad? what you guys think.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 09:39 PM
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new leaf packs in rear or ad a leaf?
mine did the same untill i added a full leaf pack
in the rear
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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so your front drivers side was lower by an inch with the rear aal. My friend got the aal set-up
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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i dont think the AAL would make the front lower, you were on flat ground? tire wasnt low? <-- i ask that cause mine was, did you make shure every thing was ligned up in the right spots?

just some sugestionsthat you proably checked already
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 10:09 PM
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make sure the springs are in the retainers correct if they are not lift the jeep off the ground and rotate the springs until they seat in the retainers
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 10:13 PM
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yea we did everything and the tires are that 30psi all around
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 10:45 PM
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try re installing the springs. take them out and look at them, maybe one is defective. try switching them, maybe something is wrong on the P side that doesn't have to do with the lift. just a thought.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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ok will do but what else could be wrong with it tho.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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when you pull the springs make sure they are the same height when you put them side by side not likely but it could be off a little. and make sure you put the coil pads back on both and did not forget one.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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if everything looks good under the front, take a close look at the rear leafs as mentioned. get under the back end and compare both sides.

my brand new rubicon express leafs did the same thing, took em out and one was sagging lower than the other side.

i also thought it was the front coils. almost bought new ones, till i found out the rear leafs were facked.
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 07:45 AM
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thanks
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 09:53 AM
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before i relocated my trac baqr mine leaned to passenger side a little...did you drill hole to relocate or did itcome with a bracket....trac bar can cause it to lean as well
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 07:53 PM
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how did the trac bar cause it to lean?
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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it wont "lean" but the axle will shift one way or the other. thats you get a new tracbar when you lift it, it recenters the axle under the jeep.
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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You may not have gotten the DS spring down in the craddle like you should. If the tip of the spring is not down in the recess that is in the spring bucket, it will be about an inch higher on the DS. I'd get an adj TB, or at least a relocation bracket for temporary use until you can get an adj one. HTH!!
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