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Old 11-04-2006 | 08:47 PM
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a few weeks ago a buddy of mine was looking at the back of my truck and realized my drivers side rear wheel sits inside the lip and the passenger side sits under the lip the whole rear looks shifted over but when you look under the truck nothing has moved the truck drives fine i have the usual droop to the drivers side i guess a fat *** driver will do that but i never noticed it before and ive had the truck for several yrs lol is this normal?
Old 11-04-2006 | 10:04 PM
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a few weeks ago a buddy of mine was looking at the back of my truck and realized my drivers side rear wheel sits inside the lip and the passenger side sits under the lip the whole rear looks shifted over but when you look under the truck nothing has moved the truck drives fine i have the usual droop to the drivers side i guess a fat *** driver will do that but i never noticed it before and ive had the truck for several yrs lol is this normal?
Yes it's normal. It's called the Chevy lean. Some have used different length shackles to get the sides leveled out. I myself think it's more in the bed not being perfectly built true. I don't think it's in the frame work or suspension.
It's also possible that the left front spring sags a bit. Have you measured the fronts ride hidth or fender differences from the tire?

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Old 11-04-2006 | 10:14 PM
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I beleive he is talking about how the rear axle is offset on the GMs...if so yes it is normal also...along with the lean.
Old 11-05-2006 | 06:37 AM
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yeah i thought so can i just make a spacer and put it on the wheel to even it out. also the truck is lowered 2/3 i havent measured it lately i need to so i can see how the truck settled over the course of 100k miles.
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