GEN 2 Rear suspension uneven

pjones · Jan 29, 2018

Wondering if I can trouble a few of you to take a measurement for me.

My truck’s rear suspension is uneven, off by about 1 inch from ground to top of wheel arch. Both tires are at same pressure, and the bed is unloaded (I do have a bedcover, but I noticed this before the cover was installed).

Can a few of you take a measurement from ground to top of the rear wheel arch and tell me if this is typical?

Thank you!

waddellw · Jan 29, 2018

pjones said:
Wondering if I can trouble a few of you to take a measurement for me.

My truck’s rear suspension is uneven, off by about 1 inch from ground to top of wheel arch. Both tires are at same pressure, and the bed is unloaded (I do have a bedcover, but I noticed this before the cover was installed).

Can a few of you take a measurement from ground to top of the rear wheel arch and tell me if this is typical?

Thank you!

Ground to top of middle wheel arch... Hmm... Give me a few minutes and I'll see what I can come up with on a screw 18!

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Robtor310 · Jan 29, 2018

How hard have you been working those leafs? Sometimes the leafs can get “sacked out” over time...

Take the cover off the shock and measure the shaft. See if you have even lengths. If so then its suspension related, if the same it could be the bed or something.

Be certain youre on level ground as well

pjones · Jan 29, 2018

Had a few hundred pounds in the bed once, and never pulled a trailer. I have a Dodge diesel for all the heavy work, so the Raptor has never done work. Yeah, it was on even ground. The bed doesn’t look tweaked, but that’s a good point... I didn’t think about that.

Micha · Jan 29, 2018

Scab or screw? My scab leans to the left since the entire fuel tank is on the left side.

pjones · Jan 29, 2018

Screw

Nick@Apollo-Optics · Jan 29, 2018

As @Micha mentioned, do you have a full tank of fuel? The 36 gallon tank is on the driver's side; that may be the cause of your lean. Gen 1 trucks experienced the same lean with a full tank. I personally haven't measured our Gen 2 yet.

nikhsub1 · Jan 30, 2018

It's better to measure from center of the hub to the wheel arch, this takes the ground and tires out of the equation.

pjones · Jan 30, 2018

..yeah, forgot about fuel... I have a full tank now, will measure again tmrw.

CatchMeOffroad · Jan 31, 2018

Fuel tank is the culprit. I have the same issue with my truck; gets worse with a full tank and barely noticeable when empty.

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