Rear axle pulling towards driver after lift

[ssk1]

I've got a 2001 4x4 with 880s up front and 906s in the rear... Before I installed this lift, the driver side rear tire was sticking out about .5" further than the passenger side. I thought this was due to the sagging coils. However after the lift, this hasn't moved the axle closer to the center, or towards the passenger side at all.

Is there something wrong with the rear suspension? Rear upper links and lower links look straight, and I'm still using the stock panhard bar. I loosened the sway bar and centered the bushings, to free up any binding that may have occurred when I installed the mild lift, but the rear axle is still off center. Oh and yes, I have matching wheels and matching tires on both sides

Anyone else have this issue? I know with most lifts, the axle gets pulled towards the passenger side, but not with me.

Any and all advice will be appreciated, thanks!

 

[JayRolla]

Not sure why it would be off without a lift but when you do lift the rear its normal for it not to be centered anymore. You would need too purchase an adjustable panhard bar to realign the axle.

 

[ssk1]

Not sure why it would be off without a lift but when you do lift the rear its normal for it not to be centered anymore. You would need too purchase an adjustable panhard bar to realign the axle.

I understand that, but with a lift, it typically gets pulled towards the passenger side... before, when it was sagging, and now after my lift it's still getting pulled towards the driver side, which doesn't make any sense...

 

[cdrewferd]

Bent control arms maybe?

 

[tre9er]

I agree with the two posts above. A lift pulls the axle to the pass side with stock panhard bar. Control arms might be the culprit.

 

[LINY4Runner]

pull the carfax...truck ever been hit?

 

[ssk1]

Looks like the front driver fender was in a fender bender, no airbag deployment, but cause for replacing the front bumper, driver front fender, and driver front lights. No impact to the rear. When I installed my lift, I swear the rear LCAs and UCAs were straight. But then again, a .5 shift would be difficult to eyeball. Not quite ready to pull the trigger on replacement parts. Thanks for the responses!

 

[ssk1]

Re-torque panhard bolts?

I googled this some more, and I couldn't really find anything helpful. Ended up reading a lot of panhard drops and adjustable rods. But it got me thinking.

When I installed the lift myself, I only disconnected the sway bar to axle mounts on I made sure to re-align them via the white paint marks on the sway bar, so we're good there.

HOWEVER, I did not loosen the panhard bolts on the axle or the frame. Given that these are STATIC bushings, would loosening them, while the the truck is supporting its own weight (put the axle on jack stands) and then re-torquing them correct my problem? Like I said, the control arms and trailing arms look straight, so I can't think of anything else that could be causing so much pull towards the drivers side on 2" of lift.

EDIT: On a different, but similar note, when I installed the fronts, I did not loosen the UCA. I used the bottle jack maneuver to lower the UCA enough to get the coilover positioned. I've already gotten an alignment, so would it make a difference to my front ride height to loosen and re-torque the front UCA? Would it make ANY difference? Front's are a 1.5" lift (OME 880 on OME shocks)