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My 81 2 Wheel drive is one inch higher on the driver side?? I have 3 inch lower block

Old 04-19-2018, 09:06 PM
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My 81 2 Wheel drive is one inch higher on the driver side?? I have 3 inch lower block

I can not figure out why my truck sits leaning higher on the drivers side as I have exact same leaf springs in back with 3 inch lowering blocks.
I have tried to adjust my torsion bars to even it but has not worked. I am about an inch lower front and back on the passenger side. Not sure where to go from here??
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Right off the bat I would remove the springs and check height from one to the other. I was able to get about 3/4" adjustment to get mine perfect. I ended up having mine re-arched 1" lower and to find out I had one sagging spring. Added a leaf, re-arched and adjusted my front bars. 100% perfect. I own the 81 Toyota 2WD as well
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Thank you for the message. It was my first and figured no one had any input.
I will pull the springs and check them as suggested.
That will only cover the back though, correct? For the front, no matter how much I play around with adjusting the toresion bars I can't get the front to level out either.
Nice rig, looks exactly like mine!
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As long as the rear springs are arched at the same degree...the front torsion bars will make up the difference. I was having the same issue, I removed my springs, added a leaf and re-arched. It takes some time running around the truck, checking the height after each adjustment on the front to get it perfect.

Is your's Yellow?
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OK, will do. In the mean time I am posting another thread on the carb and fast idle adjustment.
No, see my new emoji, it's a blue SR5. Thanks much for the insight and look at my next question if you have a possible answer on that too!
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