ronward
February 24th, 2004, 09:41 AM
Can this thing seize up and cause the truck to lean to one side or the other? I installed OME 751/762's on my truck last summer and ever since there's been a 1/2" lean to the drivers side. I've shimmed and tweaked to get it level ever since.
I bought two of EE's spring isolators and put them both on the same rear drivers side spring (one top, one bottom) with a 10mm OME spring packer on top of that. That's pretty close to 3/4" of an inch all total. I measured the passenger side rear spring before I changed anything and it was 14 3/4" while the driver side was 14" even. After the installation of the spring isolators and the spring packer the driver side rear spring measured just over 15". I stood on the rear bumper and jumped up and down to settle things and then measured from pavement to fender arch and dang if the passenger side wasn't a bit higher than before, AND still a good 1/4" taller than the driver side. The driver side did increase in height by the 3/4" I added in.
It looks fine, but I am puzzled to no end by this. I have removed the rear sway bar and all else is stock. The ball joint in the rear looks fine and I have good articulation off road and no weird clunks or sounds. Truck is a 1997 soft top with 23000 miles, 255/85 BFG MTs.
Any one have ideas?
Ron
I bought two of EE's spring isolators and put them both on the same rear drivers side spring (one top, one bottom) with a 10mm OME spring packer on top of that. That's pretty close to 3/4" of an inch all total. I measured the passenger side rear spring before I changed anything and it was 14 3/4" while the driver side was 14" even. After the installation of the spring isolators and the spring packer the driver side rear spring measured just over 15". I stood on the rear bumper and jumped up and down to settle things and then measured from pavement to fender arch and dang if the passenger side wasn't a bit higher than before, AND still a good 1/4" taller than the driver side. The driver side did increase in height by the 3/4" I added in.
It looks fine, but I am puzzled to no end by this. I have removed the rear sway bar and all else is stock. The ball joint in the rear looks fine and I have good articulation off road and no weird clunks or sounds. Truck is a 1997 soft top with 23000 miles, 255/85 BFG MTs.
Any one have ideas?
Ron