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I believe could be a bad leaf spring, but all were fine prior to disassembly, when I reinstalled the new brackets and used springs now leans to one side. Does anyone have pics of multi leaf spring installation. Also installed new shocks, thanks
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Did you tighten the rear shackles after the weight was on the suspension and settleed?
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I had the same thoughts Harold. If they were good before hand, it is very doubtful you broke a leaf while reinstalling them. If they broke during installation, you would have heard them pop. While mine are mono leafs, I leave both front and back shackles loose until weight is on the car, then torque them.
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What type of shocks and are they staggered?
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I would agree that it sounds like an installation issue. I did this same thing and had to loosen all the bolts and re tighten with the suspension loaded.
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Good thoughts guys, I will recheck everything, shocks are new gabrielles and staggered, now just a thought, could one spring be worn ?
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One spring could definitely be weaker but if it was good before removal and re-installation you wouldn't think that would be your issue. New gas shocks will add 40# of spring rate. If one side or the other needs a spacer because the mountings are farther apart, that could account for a sag. Probably it's like everybody says and some of the spring mounts are binding.
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Check the front suspension Low left front will make right rear higher.
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ok, so I loosened everything and let it sit still the same, I actually disconnected the shocks no change, so I am thinking of switching the leaf springs. The difference between sides is about an an inch and a half
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After loosing it, you should bounce it up and down to get it to settle.
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After loosing it, you should bounce it up and down to get it to settle. Tried it no luck ! Darn ! Going to remove the whole rear and start from scratch
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So I removed entire rear end and switched the springs, still the same ? Going to concentrate on front end, driver side rear is the one that's low, saw that driver side front upper control arm is closer than the passenger side to the frame. May throw in some coil spacers to see, any suggestions appreciated
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I would not expect the front end to severely affect the rear height. You did the most logical thing to check the springs which one would normally suspect. The other thing I'd check if it were mine is to look for a modification or collision or rust damage that could adversely affect the mounting points. Was this a drag car at one point? someone may have set it up that way on purpose to limit wheel spin. I would think that kind of modification would be obvious but who knows.
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I had this on my car too, and it ended up being a bent sub frame....it can if high one front corener , push down diagonally on rear.....
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