My '85 was always about 1" higher on the right rear (looked crooked). I
took the rear leafs apart and swapped some of the leafs ( I forgot how I
determined which ones to swap) left to right. It's level now.
Andrew Thor wrote:
>
> During the 10 years I managed a Chevrolet Dealership I seen a lot of Chevy
> pickups that the box would be leaning to one side or the other. When
> customers mentioned that the truck looked crooked standing from behind we
> would re-arch the rear leaf springs to raise the low side up however far it
> was off. I have seen other dealers shim the springs in a attempt to raise
> the box to even the truck. Perhaps this was the situation on your truck.
> My truck didn't have any shims or spacer blocks between the springs and the
> axle pad originally. It does now since I changed rear ends and needed the
> shims to get the correct pinion angle. However the shims are equal on both
> sides.
>
> Andy 56-3200.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Paul W. Franchina
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 7:41 AM
> To: oletrucks
> Subject: [oletrucks] Rear Axle Housing
>
> OK folks
> Here's an interesting one (I think). I dropped the rear axle housing out of
> Boris to take out the rear springs to renew the pivot bushings, pins and
> shackles and for general clean-up. When it came out I noticed that on the
> driver's side there was a plate, about the size of the pad on the axle
> housing and a half inch thick, between the pad and the spring. A spacer of
> sorts would be a good definition. However there was no such animal on the
> passenger side. From the looks of this plate (rather ancient) it could have
> been original, but where the truck had also been jacked up 3" by the PO,
> I'm just not sure. I've measured from the frame to the ground, and from the
> ground to the bottom of the springs on both sides and the measurements are
> close enough for me to question the need for a spacer at all. Has anyone
> encountered a situation like this? Would a chassis be so out of whack as to
> require a spacer? I checked my shop manual and couldn't find any references
> to this, so it's back to the "Collective Wisdom" to help solve this. Thanks
> guys (& gals) for any help.
>
> Paul W. Franchina
> pfoxtrot@gate.net
> & Boris: 1958 Chevrolet Apache 3100 Stepside
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