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The Chevy lean.....

Old Dec 27, 2006 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by CHEVY6000VHO
You guys are not looking at the big picture.
Mine has a torsion bar front suspension. The front is perfectly level. It has this "wheel well gap" difference as well in the back. It's not noticeable until you drop them 3" or more out back.
The problem is in the bed. The driver side bed side sits lower than the passenger side. How do I know? Just look where the back bed rail meets the cab. Stand back a few feet from the back of the truck and look at the rear glass window lower seal and the bed backing plate top edge.
You should see a difference there. The bed rail will slope down towards the passenger side. At least mine does.
Then again. you said yours sits lower on the driver side...... Mine is the opposite. The bed is cause of this on mine.
Not exactly sure why yours is off.
I've seen this bed issue on many Silverados other than mine.
I guess all this talk was worth no help.
To see exactly where the problem is, take it to a alignment shop and have them measure your ride hidth at all 4 corners from the alignment rack to the 4 frame corners by each wheel. I bet this will help a lot of you guys find where your problem lies.

Jim
that may be the problem with yours, but mine sits level in the back, but not in the front..
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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 01:29 AM
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My 6 month old '06 sat offset for a while and still does. A new bulliten states to put a spacer between the drivers rear axle and spring pack and install new U-bolts. My truck was about 1.5" off and now is about .5" off. I think next week ill get some isolators and see how it goes. It's annoying as hell, but hopefully I can put enough tape on it to fix the problem until summer when the Hotchkis TVS comes.
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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 07:46 AM
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It has the Ground Force 2/2 drop kit. I have measured my truck at all 4 corners, and the entire pass side is higher front and rear than the drivers side. The rear is worse than the front, but the front is still about 1 inch difference.

I'm just ready to throw my hands up with all of this. It's very frustrating!
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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by beastmode
sucks to be you guys, no such thing as a gmc lean... jk
I beg to differ, as my '02 Yukon has this issue, as well as my father's '01 Yukon XL. Wonder how difficult it is to add that insulator as a DIY'er.
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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by 1BADC10
I beg to differ, as my '02 Yukon has this issue, as well as my father's '01 Yukon XL. Wonder how difficult it is to add that insulator as a DIY'er.
The insulator isn't hard to do, but it didn't make any noticeable difference in mine. The latest TSB is a spacer between the axle and the springs.
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