Leaning Truck?

[Quint]

Assuming the REAR is level, which has not been mentioned, then the issue is with a front spring assembly on one side or the other. It probably has a slight compression that mismatches the other side, or the spring seat is slightly thicker on one side.

 

If a measurment at the rear well has the same discrepancy then you could infer that the fuel load is affecting the balance. Also do not discount the possibility that your ground is not as level as you thought.

[NoMoreGM4Me]

Assuming the REAR is level, which has not been mentioned, then the issue is with a front spring assembly on one side or the other. It probably has a slight compression that mismatches the other side, or the spring seat is slightly thicker on one side.

 

If a measurment at the rear well has the same discrepancy then you could infer that the fuel load is affecting the balance. Also do not discount the possibility that your ground is not as level as you thought.

 

 

Mine was 1/2" lower on the driver's side, front and back....while sitting in the garage with an empty gas tank and no one/nothing in it.

[Wolfmanjohn]

Maybe the truck was level and the boss was leaning!

[BlackZ71Silverado]

EVERYTHING leans, even if it is a Ford like mentioned above. All 4 of my atv's lean a little to one side also, never had any issues.

 

 

Wrong.

 

 

LOL.......here we go again

 

No matter what this guy thinks, it is a known fact by people in the automotive industry that every vehicle no matter the make and model will have a slight height difference left to right. This was taught in my automotive engineering class and race set up schools I have gone to.

Vehicles are normally designed to sit slightly higher on the left side than they sit on the right side to compensate for driver weight. When there is someone in the driver seat, the vehicle should be close to level ( not always though depending on weight). I forget what the weight correction was factored in for, if I remember correctly is somewhere in the area of 150-180lbs . Thats why, if you buy a set of coil springs, most of the time they are specifically labeled for the right and left sides of the car, as well as the front and back. This is due to the slightly different spring rates.

[plunk77]

I don't really know anything but maybe it is to account for driver weight? so when the driver gets in it rides level? That would make the most sense to me

 

 

edit: posted this before i read the post above me. guess we were thinking the same thing

[NoMoreGM4Me]

EVERYTHING leans, even if it is a Ford like mentioned above. All 4 of my atv's lean a little to one side also, never had any issues.

 

 

Wrong.

 

 

LOL.......here we go again

 

No matter what this guy thinks, it is a known fact by people in the automotive industry that every vehicle no matter the make and model will have a slight height difference left to right. This was taught in my automotive engineering class and race set up schools I have gone to.

Vehicles are normally designed to sit slightly higher on the left side than they sit on the right side to compensate for driver weight. When there is someone in the driver seat, the vehicle should be close to level ( not always though depending on weight). I forget what the weight correction was factored in for, if I remember correctly is somewhere in the area of 150-180lbs . Thats why, if you buy a set of coil springs, most of the time they are specifically labeled for the right and left sides of the car, as well as the front and back. This is due to the slightly different spring rates.

 

 

Keyword here is "slight". 1/2" on a full size truck is not "slight".

 

Oh, and regarding your "higher on the driver's side" theory, mine was just the opposite. It sat 1/2" LOWER on the driver's side on level ground with an empty gas tank and no payload. I guess maybe GM's engineers are backwards or think they are in Europe. LOL

[BlackZ71Silverado]

Did you have your coil springs checked since it was lower on the wrong side? Would be nice to put one of these opposite leaning trucks on a chassis scale to see whats going on.

[Quint]

Mine was 1/2" lower on the driver's side, front and back....while sitting in the garage with an empty gas tank and no one/nothing in it.

 

 

It seems every thread topic you post in has something-or-other regarding what was wrong with your truck. With the myriad of deficiencies your truck came with, one has to wonder what deficiency you were subject to when you bought the thing.

[NoMoreGM4Me]

LOL, I just crack up every time I see the GM fanboys/apologists make up lame excuses for GM's shoddy quality.

 

How come cars with much softer suspension do not lean to accommodate driver weight? And what about the passengers, don't they count?

 

Mine was 1/2" lower on the driver's side, front and back....while sitting in the garage with an empty gas tank and no one/nothing in it.

 

 

It seems every thread topic you post in has something-or-other regarding what was wrong with your truck. With the myriad of deficiencies your truck came with, one has to wonder what deficiency you were subject to when you bought the thing.

 

 

I am sorry, I guess I did not realize I was supposed to bring a tape measure to verify level of the truck when buying. i guess that is a requirement when buying a GM product huh? As for the other issues I had, please tell me how I was supposed to know about them...i did not see "crystal ball" on the option list.

[NoMoreGM4Me]

Did you have your coil springs checked since it was lower on the wrong side? Would be nice to put one of these opposite leaning trucks on a chassis scale to see whats going on.

 

 

How would that affect the rear? I find it quite coincidental that both the front and rear of the driver's side sat 1/2" low if the fault was that of the springs. I say it was a chassis/body fitment issue.

[Wires]

So, I don't know what I would have used to search for this issue better, so if there's a post a while back that addresses this, my apologies.

 

Is there anything that can be done about a leaning truck? I have a 2011 Sierra 1500, so there are no torsion bars to adjust / crank. I measure 8.375 inches between my tire and fender on the left front (on a level surface) and only 8.000 inches on the front right. I can see it quite visibly from a few yards away and it drives me nuts. Why would this happen on a new truck anyways?

 

Thanks for the ideas in advance.

 

 

Every vehicle is like that. It's so when you put your fat a$$ in the driver's seat, it levels out.