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Old Aug 10, 2004 | 12:39 PM
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mine leans too! The gastank and battery ARE on the drivers side, which makes sense.

But even if I were to take it in for warranty, my drop kit would void any suspesion work done.

Oh well.
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Old Aug 10, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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ya.. do they fix it for free?.. or does it have to be under warranty?
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 12:16 PM
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You might try disconnecting your front sway bar and see if that helps the lean on the front end. I know of one guy that discoved that his sway bar was tweaked and causing the front to lean a bit.
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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Chevy lean
My 91 and this one do it as well.
Both were like that stock before and after I dropped them
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 04:36 PM
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I've also heard of putting a 1" lowering shackle on the rear leaf that's on the OPPOSITE side of the lean. Mine leans about 3/4" or so to the driver's side.

Speaking of which--I need to order my damn shackles.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 03:26 PM
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Mine is pretty bad as well.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 03:33 PM
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I posted a little proceedure on how to level the truck that leans like this.

My '02 Avalanche leaned 1.5" to the drivers rear. Drivers from was about .5" down. I swapped out the rear springs with Eibach 2" drop springs - it was level for a few days, but then started leaning again.

I had it at the dealer, and all they would tell me was that it was within spec. They didn't even want to look at it further.

It's not the gas in the tank either. The truck would lean LESS with a full tank. More with a low tank. Figure that one out!

My SS here was leaning too. I don't remember the exact specs, but it was not as bad as the other truck. I got it levelled out now...
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 09:12 PM
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I know, get a Ferrari, those things don't have body lean. I have the same problem that you do. Not as bad though.
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 11:53 AM
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I have 2K Yukon XL w/ the same lean. So you are telling me to bring it in to a GM dealer & they can fix this????
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Old Aug 28, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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My previous 2000 had the lean and my current 2002 has the lean. When I complained about each one at the dealership, they said it was within spec and wouldn't do anything about it.

The lean is SO visually apparent it's digusting.
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