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Old 07-29-2016, 07:03 AM
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Noticed when look at my truck from the front that it seemed to be leaning towards the drivers side a bit more. Sure enough, when I measured from the ground to the fender on each side (on flat ground) the drivers side sits a whole inch lower! Any ideas why this could be?

Truck has a 6" BDS lift with strut spacers and stock struts on the front.
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Stunted growth? lol
Maybe you have a weak spring, worn shock(s)?
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X2 with weak spring or worn strut. Any hard hits lately that may have bent a control arm?
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Broken coil spring...
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Originally Posted by nrivera04
X2 with weak spring or worn strut. Any hard hits lately that may have bent a control arm?
Not that I know of. However they are stock struts with 141K miles on them... Maybe worth replacing them...

Any suggestions as to which ones I should look at?
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Struts do not hold up the front of your truck...coil springs do
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Originally Posted by techrep
Struts do not hold up the front of your truck...coil springs do
Just inspected the drivers side coil and didn't notice any cracking or damage. However maybe it's not something that's easy to see. I should also mention that there is a lot of noise in the suspension when riding over even the smallest of bumps in the road. Can't pin point if it's coming from the front or the back. If its the back id like to think my leaf spring bushings need replaced as those are also stock too. The rear shocks came new with the lift and have 30K miles on them so I can't see how they would have gone bad already.
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Hmm....probably attributed to a worn susp. component then.
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