Passenger Side Lean
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Blown struts/shocks on that side? Could be blown and then your springs started sagging.
There is no sign of leaking at all.
Thread revival!
I dont have enough posts to start my own thread so I'll jump in on this one, hopefully that is okay....
So I have this exact same problem. I was thinking I'm literally the only 4th gen 4Runner with a passenger side lean. If I measure its about 1" different in the front.
It cant be blown shock/struts as I have virtually brand new King C/O's on it. Only really happened after I installed them. They are not leaking and ride great on and off road...no out of the ordinary noises.
Like I said they are off by 1" AFTER being cranked up. Driver side is about an inch of threads and passenger is 2" of thread and is still lower.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
I dont have enough posts to start my own thread so I'll jump in on this one, hopefully that is okay....
So I have this exact same problem. I was thinking I'm literally the only 4th gen 4Runner with a passenger side lean. If I measure its about 1" different in the front.
It cant be blown shock/struts as I have virtually brand new King C/O's on it. Only really happened after I installed them. They are not leaking and ride great on and off road...no out of the ordinary noises.
Like I said they are off by 1" AFTER being cranked up. Driver side is about an inch of threads and passenger is 2" of thread and is still lower.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
t-rex grrr
Member
Check your tire pressure and thread height.
t-rex grrr
Member
Sorry, tread, not thread, and yes, how much is showing.
I used center hub to fender measurements when I did this. I did it in my drive-way which to my knowledge "looked" flat from side to side.
I did re-measure at the garage at my work and it turns out I'm only about 1/4" off which is hardly noticeable. For some reason it would look really bad in certain area's. Still interesting to me why the passenger is lower as I did have to crank it up more on that side by about 1/2" of threads.
t-rex grrr
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LOL, tread of the tire, not the wheel gap. Also check the tire pressure for all four tires.
LOL, tread of the tire, not the wheel gap. Also check the tire pressure for all four tires.
I know what you meant , but how does tire tread matter when I'm measuring from the center hub to fender. When I'm talking about it leaning I mean visually from the front not looking in at the wheel gap.
And when I say thread I mean the thread showing on the king coil overs. I'm just interested in any idea why my passenger side would sit so low in comparison as I had to crank that coilover more just to get somewhat level.
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t-rex grrr
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It's all relative. Let's say the tread on one of your tires is half an inch lower than the rest of the tires, that may contribute a slight imbalance. Same with your tire pressure.
Also, do you have a sub or anything else heavy on the passenger side?
Finally, maybe the oil or nitrogen level is off on that one side. The simplest way to test this is to swap the driver and passenger side coilovers to see if the same thing happens on the driver side.
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I'm running the dobinson 599s. They are about 1" lift.
I'll take a look at it tomorrow afternoon, thanks for your recommendations!
Edit: no I don't have any subs
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Drunner97
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I'd just crank the passenger side or lower the driver side and call it a day. Unless it's really affecting handling or it's very visibly off I wouldn't really worry too much about it.
t-rex grrr
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Something definitely seems off b/c one coilover shouldn't need an inch difference of pre-load. Maybe the oil or nitrogen level is fudged.
Drunner97
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With the weight difference between driver and passenger side one is going to need more or less preload anyway to account for that difference. If he's got a spacer jammed in there anywhere to account for driver lean (not sure if it was mentioned or not) that's going to throw things off too.