toyota lean

ASU4runner

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been trying to figure out why my yoter leans so much after my sas. i know all yotas have that famous lean a little but mine is pretty bad. ive been doing some measuring and i have a question for you toyota experts. i have come from an amc jeep so bear with me. to my knowledge toyotas have different springs on the driver and passenger sides. the perches on the axle, which i pulled from a junk yard for the sas is from some early eighties, although it does NOT have the lower gusset on it. I got my sas from TG, and thy use the same size springs on drive and pass side so they include a little plate spacer to weld onto the driver side spring perch. after measuring today, which i reeeaally should have done before the sas, the perches are the same height on both sides, which means i never needed the spacer. do i need to keep looking for problems or were there axles made that had the same height perches on both sides??
 
The pass side perch rides up on the housing. If you make the centerline of the housing level, the driver side is 3/8" lower. If it is leaning that bad, try switching sides with your springs.
 
thanks guys. i have been told about the tg sag..after i bought the sas kit.. im not hating im just stating the facts. i have the housing level and the perches are the same height. i dont know why. the drivers side is not lower than the pass side. i know its supposed to be but it isnt. i think someone cut it off and welded it back on higher before i bought it. or toyota made a few weird a** axles no one knows about until now. im taking out the spacer from the driver side tmrw when i can by some grinder wheels. hopefully itll level out.
 
Alot has to do with the leaf springs. They have friction between the springs and sometimes they do not return after you get out of the truck. You could grease the leaves to let the springs slide better but it is jsut something alot of leaf sprung rigs have to deal with. Mine does the same. I jsut try to have people in the passenger side the same size as me so it looks right :)
 
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