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gangsta lean

Post by ektoz » Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:53 am

Hello mates!

i started to have a good amount of lean on the drivers side an its driving me nuts! :screwy:
i was thinking to jack it up and leave it for a couple of weeks !?
any idea hou to fix it??
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Re: gangsta lean

Post by dan_2k_uk » Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:57 am

Swap the springs over. It will lean to the passenger side for a bit but then probably balance out.
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Re: gangsta lean

Post by ferris » Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:30 pm

Gangsta lean drives me mad :pissed: . I thought i'd solved it when i put the YJ's on but its started to do it again :roll: .

As Dan says just have to swop the springs over.
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Re: gangsta lean

Post by andyrew » Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:31 pm

Very common problem

Few options are

- become a gangster
- swap springs over
- marry a fat bird
- when not in use leave on axles stands with drivers side wheels hanging
- drive only on roads with lots of camber.

Some are more practical than others.
Financial expense of being gangsta' should be considered first.
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Re: gangsta lean

Post by kiwizook » Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:17 pm

^^ :hahaha: :hahaha:
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Re: gangsta lean

Post by twiss » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:38 pm

Go find a roundabout and drive round and round it as fast as you can ;)
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Re: gangsta lean

Post by ektoz » Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:35 am

i will retension the front and rear driver side leafs i think is the best opion, by the way they are
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Re: gangsta lean

Post by Cyprus Geoff » Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:23 am

Gangsta's need machine gunning!!! :guns: :guns:
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Re: gangsta lean

Post by muddymesser » Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:56 pm

i just jacked up the low side over night usually and its fine for afew weeks

or carry a bag of cement/toolbox on the passenger seat

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Re: gangsta lean

Post by dazerede » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:39 pm

Mine is leaning to the driver side even with out me in it so I took the rear springs off and noticed the more curved spring was already on the driver side :er: but people say when driving down the road that it is leaning to the driver side quite a bit

Plus my rear springs should be 1" higher than standard but they have gone to standard hieght naw and the truck is leaning back aswell lol
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