Uneven SS Drop

[Tunedx]

I've installed ss coils and measured the front wheel gap. Drivers side is 1/4" higher than passenger side. Is this normal and how do I correct this issue?

 

[heylookatthatblackXRunner]

If you didn't let them settle, wait a few days of regular driving for them to settle and check the height again...

How did you install them? On a rack, or jacking up one side at a time?

 

[WickedMon]

I've installed ss coils and measured the front wheel gap. Drivers side is 1/4" higher than passenger side. Is this normal and how do I correct this issue?

Your suffering from Tacolean, don't worry everyone pretty much has it.

 

[Tunedx]

If you didn't let them settle, wait a few days of regular driving for them to settle and check the height again...

How did you install them? On a rack, or jacking up one side at a time?

I used a bottle jack one side at a time.

Your suffering from Tacolean, don't worry everyone pretty much has it.

Will this go away?

 

[heylookatthatblackXRunner]

It could be tacolean, but if you used a jack one side at a time and measured right after then the suspension hasn't gotten a chance to settle and sit how it should...

I jack up my truck on one side to change my oil and when I drop it down it sits higher until I drive it...

 

[Xraided]

isnt the toco lean is on the drivers side?... due to the battery and gas tank

 

[BSP06XRU]

isnt the toco lean is on the drivers side?... due to the battery and gas tank

It's to help get rid of the Taco lean.
When the tank is full and you're sitting in it, you shouldn't Lean Like a Taco anymore!:top:

 

[Jeremias]

My Tacolean is to the left.

 

[Wayne R]

isnt the toco lean is on the drivers side?... due to the battery and gas tank

Yep......


To the OP:

Let the suspension settle and check it in a few days.

 

[Tunedx]

My springs were installed back in Nov. The truck was parked since then. I began driving it last week. DS measures 4 1/4" and PS at 4" and I still haven't got alignment should I hold off. Will this fix this issue? I'm just worried maybe if I have a bad coil alignment would be pointless.

I just went out to measure the rear. The ds 4 1/2" and the ps rear sits 4 3/4".

 

[KETCHUP]

did you check with Shane?

 

[WickedMon]

It's to help gt rid of the Taco lean.
When the tank is full and you're sitting in it, you shouldn't Lean Like a Taco anymore!:top:

Does SS coils compensate for the Tacolean?

 

[speckdzl4shzl]

yes it does. the driver side springs are a bit stiffer than the passenger side.

 

[TitanRattler813]

Mine leans left as well (regardless of gas tank).

 

[heylookatthatblackXRunner]

How long did you drive it?

Maybe they need to settle more IDK?

Drive through canyons every day for a week and that should give them the stress it may need...

 

[Tunedx]

How long did you drive it?

Maybe they need to settle more IDK?

Drive through canyons every day for a week and that should give them the stress it may need...

I've been driving the truck for a week now but it was park since Nov back when I did the install.

did you check with Shane?

No I haven't checked with him. Anyways, he's hard dude to get hold of.

yes it does. the driver side springs are a bit stiffer than the passenger side.

That being said would it take longer for one coil to settle then the other. My passenger side does sit lower than the ds.

 

[.50CALXR]

I've installed ss coils and measured the front wheel gap. Drivers side is 1/4" higher than passenger side. Is this normal and how do I correct this issue?

Yes it is the taco lean.

 

[Coupe]

It's because you are in Canada. You are closer to the polar cap. The curvature of the Earth is sharper, thus the lean.

This compounded by global warming and swine flu, you are bound to lean!

 

[dak-rt-2a-XR]

let is settle for two weeks and check again.

Make sure you didnt install the springs on the wrong sides.

 

[heylookatthatblackXRunner]

Are they in the spring perch all the way?