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Offline chet

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coils different side to side?
« on: January 25, 2005, 03:44:29 PM »
I tried a search but got WAY too many hits to sift through.

Are the front coils specific from side to side? I put in 2" spacer lift (1.5" in front) and now the pass side is almost 1" higher than the drivers?

What gives? I have checked and nothing is binding and everything is seated right.
1991 4 door kick, 2" coil spacers, 30" Coopers, winch, locker, rust, dents, etc.

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Re: coils different side to side?
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2005, 04:03:07 PM »
coils are exactly the same, something must be binding up. did you change the camber or toe? try driving the truck back and forth a bit and slam the brakes to see if it will settle more.
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Re: coils different side to side?
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2005, 04:04:49 PM »
Could you have gotten one of the coils in upside down?
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Re: coils different side to side?
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2005, 05:01:51 PM »
The trucklet will be higher until you
move, the tires seem to catch and
hold it up a little, and if you did one
side up in the air at a time this could
be whats happening
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Re: coils different side to side?
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2005, 01:11:48 AM »
If you've driven it and it's still not level check and see if both springs a rotated correctly into the spring pockets on the bottom.

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Re: coils different side to side?
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2005, 01:57:02 AM »
drove it to work this morning  ;D still seems to have a little bit of a lean. not as bad as before though. Thanks for the help! This IFS stuff is new to me! I'm pretty sure I got the springs rotated correctly but will check tonight when I get home.
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Re: coils different side to side?
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2005, 04:25:28 AM »
Make sure you have it alligned after you get that lean figured out.

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Re: coils different side to side?
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2005, 06:41:02 AM »
Yep! I got some camber bolts in there and it helped. but I think it has a bit more toe-in now.  ;D
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