Crooked rear end

[GR8WHITEHOE]

This past weekend I installed the DJM suspension, it's a 5/4 drop. When I was done and went to measure how low it sat I realized that the rear end is sitting more to the drivers side than the passengers.
The spacing between the tire and the fender is : Driver side .5" Passenger side 1.75"
Has anyone come across this issue before or heard of this happening. Any help with this issue would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[NathanJax]

That's normal. You have a pan hard bar that keeps your axle from shifting during driving.

You need to get a shorter (adjustable) pan hard bar like the sphoon

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[GR8WHITEHOE]

I don't have a pan hard bar.
It crooked all the time... sitting there and driving.

 

[NathanJax]

I don't have a pan hard bar.
It crooked all the time... sitting there and driving.

Dorry. Didn't notice it was in the OBS section... no idea then.

 

[GR8WHITEHOE]

No problem...

 

[chaingun427]

how is it crooked? shifted forward or back on one side or another? mine sits about 1.5 inches to the passenger side and it's setting in the pins in the springs which have new bushings pins ubolts etc

 

[GR8WHITEHOE]

I have the same problem except for mine its towards the driver side. I have all new hardware, bushings, and even hangers. I think I didn't notice it before because its at so high. Now I just want to correct the problem but have no idea how to.

 

[chaingun427]

i should really know this but do you have a rear swaybar, and if so what condition are your sway bar links in?

 

[GR8WHITEHOE]

No sway bar yet... Want to get one...

 

[chaingun427]

I had planned to have a wheel spacer made to even it out, and have my alignment redone, i know it's not ideal but i honestly don't know another way to get mine in alignment, what condition are your shocks in? i was doing some googling and found a few threads about the body shifting a bit on the mounts

 

[GR8WHITEHOE]

I saw a similar post on the Impala SS forum that had the same solution. He posted to loosen body mounts and shift body over till even on both sides and then re-tighten body mounts. I want to get a few more confirmations before I do that to my hoe.

 

[chaingun427]

probably take some doing to get everything realigned after doing that, i feel like it would throw the alignment of the fenders hood and door off

 

[GR8WHITEHOE]

Before I go and do the body mount adjustment. I will probably do more research but the last time I did a frame off chassis build on my SS I took the frame off while the whole body was still together. When I put it back together it was still in alignment.

 

[GR8WHITEHOE]

Passenger side


Driver side

 

[SunlitComet]

If the kit involved axle u-bolts then that is likely the issue. The axle likely got shifted slightly and or the u-bolts shifted somehow.

 

[chaingun427]

The only way to be sure is to measure wheels to frame on both sides, it that is on then measure wheels to body and if that is off then the body has shifted

Edit: if the wheel to frame measurements match then checking frame to body may be more accurate unless than wheel to body. Not sure what I was thinking there
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[GR8WHITEHOE]

The kit comes with alignment pins to keep it in the proper location. Looking back at pics... It might have been like that since I've owned it. Measurements I took makes it square to the frame.

 

[retorq]

LOL the ubolts ...

 

[chaingun427]

Ive looked into that sway bar a bit and im thinking id really like to do that. If mine is off at the axle maybe that would help keep it aligned

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[retorq]

The sway bar isn't going to line up if the axle and frame aren't aligned. This is a good way to determine that.

Ubolts aren't going to do what you are describing, there are a few things that could have happened, ubolts aren't one of them.