rear uneven after full leaf spring install
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Year: 1989 2 door
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Engine: 4.0
rear uneven after full leaf spring install
i had 2 inch blocks and add a leaf and everything was fine and even.. i just installed 3 inch Pro Comp full leaf packs and now my rear end is uneven ( driver side is 1 inch lower than passenger ) WTF?
i didnt tighten the shackle bolts till after i let it settle ( drove around for 2-3 miles )
any ideas?
i didnt tighten the shackle bolts till after i let it settle ( drove around for 2-3 miles )
any ideas?
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Obviously i havent seen your springs but i have seen some that are hard to tell which end goes to the front and which sits in the rear. You have a strange issue. Do you have any pictures?
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My first option would be send them back or contact the company he got them from & let them fix the issue.
OP,ditch the blocks.It induces axel wrap/early spring fatigue.
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Year: 1989 2 door
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He said "any ideas",I gave him one.Yes,it's 1/2 azzed & was intended to be a smartazz coment as well, but it IS a option.
My first option would be send them back or contact the company he got them from & let them fix the issue.
OP,ditch the blocks.It induces axel wrap/early spring fatigue.
My first option would be send them back or contact the company he got them from & let them fix the issue.
OP,ditch the blocks.It induces axel wrap/early spring fatigue.
no blocks added in the back.. i took the blocks off and installed the 3 inch leaf packs from PROCOMP actually thinking about going back to blocks haha
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Year: 1996
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i had 2 inch blocks and add a leaf and everything was fine and even.. i just installed 3 inch Pro Comp full leaf packs and now my rear end is uneven ( driver side is 1 inch lower than passenger ) WTF?
i didnt tighten the shackle bolts till after i let it settle ( drove around for 2-3 miles )
any ideas?
i didnt tighten the shackle bolts till after i let it settle ( drove around for 2-3 miles )
any ideas?
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Did you set them side by side and check to see if they were the same before you installed them? The reason that I ask is, that I ordered 3" lift spring packs and when they were delivered and I set them side by side they were not the same. Come to find out after checking them out they sent me spring packs that were built up from 2 different companys and they did not have the same spring rate even though they had the same P/N on them.
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Year: 1996
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