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I noticed my truck has started to lean to the drives side out of nowhere. It was straight as an arrow since day one. Last week after a long 3 hour ride, I started noticing my truck leaning. Thought I was crazy at first, then I measured it and surely enough it's leaning 1/2" on the driver's side. Tire pressure is good on all tires. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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For as long as I knew Chevy has had that lean and it's just from the gas tank being on the driver side. Don't worry about it. Or just always have someone that weighs the same as the current gas level in the tank.

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For as long as I knew Chevy has had that lean and it's just from the gas tank being on the driver side. Don't worry about it. Or just always have someone that weighs the same as the current gas level in the tank.

Thanks for the reply. The thing is, it wasn't always like that. It just recently started learning. I would have caught something like that if it was like that since day one.
SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks for the reply. The thing is, it wasn't always like that. It just recently started learning. I would have caught something like that if it was like that since day one.

 

I'm pretty sure it had always been like that and you just now noticed it. You might think you would have caught it, but you probably just didn't notice it until now. There's going to be a lean since the gas can weigh as much as 180 roughly for the full 26 gallons.

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You can try jacking the truck up on the lower side. Let the suspension come to full extension and then drop it back down. Don't know if it'll work or not but maybe the suspension just got a little bound up

JimCost2014 Senior Enthusiast

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since no one else is helping, maybe rather than dating a "fat chick", make it a right hand drive. your body weight on the right side should level it. you could also try a strut spacer on the drivers side, in theory it should level from front to back, front left, right rear.

Donstar Senior Enthusiast

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I read about the Chevy lean a few moths ago and measured my truck several times in my driveway and found my truck had a lean. I mentioned it when I took it in for service and we measured it on two different surfaces in the shop. Both of these times it came out even height on both sides. I suspect that unless you have a perfectly even load and are parked on a perfectly flat surface, a 1/2" height discrepancy isn't a flaw.

Andy Seibel Enthusiast

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most streets are crowned. So if your drivers side is closer to the pavement, your truck is actually sitting level while cruising. :driving:

Silverado Steve Senior Enthusiast

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Some good solutions, but they require a compromise of principle (dating fat girls) or cost money (new shocks, installing spacers). Meh, just tilt your head to the right.

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