s-10 leaning
greendayhbt26
08-12-2004, 11:28 PM
my 98 s-10 2.2 manual seems to be leaning i bit on the drivers side. from the back it looks as if it has something heavy on that side and not the other. i was wondering if this was normal or what. could it be cause the gas tank is full since its on that side. if u kno why its doing that and possibly how to fix it, that would be wonderful.
TweakedGM
08-13-2004, 01:43 AM
my guess would be the leaf or the shock
dwinthrup
08-13-2004, 03:35 AM
well if you droped the truck it's the chevy lean. if not replace the leaf spring to fix it then you prob is fixed
dugie6551
08-13-2004, 09:28 AM
sounds like "THE S10 LEAN".
greendayhbt26
08-13-2004, 11:04 AM
the shocks are fine, i had them checked. my trucks not dropped so im guessing i gota replace the leafspring...how hard and expensive would that be for me to do myself
tyler62601
08-15-2004, 08:30 AM
they make a spring spacer for s 10 like everyone has said it s the s10 lean. the spacer will fix your lean belltech made one thats where i got mine.
greendayhbt26
08-15-2004, 10:27 AM
isnt the s10 lean on the passenger side..cause mine is leaning on the driver side
tyler62601
08-15-2004, 01:23 PM
no. its the drivers side. all you have to do is call someone like belltech or eibach and ask for the spring spacer for an s 10 they ll know what your talking about
greendayhbt26
08-15-2004, 07:50 PM
how much does it cost?
tyler62601
08-16-2004, 07:38 AM
did you lower the truck??? i m guessing you did. most times thats the only way you see it. it not very much. maybe 20-30 bucks.i dont remember. it seems the lower you go the more you see it so check that out. if you didnt drop it im not sure whats going on.
greendayhbt26
08-16-2004, 09:28 PM
no i didnt drop it.....im wondering if its the fuel tank cause mine is usually full and the tanks on that side
dugie6551
08-17-2004, 09:34 AM
The gas tank will NOT cause the truck to have a noticable "lean". You may want to check all the body, bed mounts, suspension (shocks, front coil springs, leaf srpings and all connects for the suspension.)
If you cannot find anything wrong, take it to a autoshop to have a professional look at it. If you haven't lowered it and it has a "noticable" lean, then something is broken.
If you cannot find anything wrong, take it to a autoshop to have a professional look at it. If you haven't lowered it and it has a "noticable" lean, then something is broken.
greendayhbt26
08-17-2004, 09:45 AM
had the shocks checked when i brought it in for an inspection, they r fine. i checked the mounts..those r fine and it seems that all the leaf springs and other suspension components r fine.
Zarder
09-23-2004, 09:58 PM
I wrote a long answer then lost it when I got disconnected .
Short version; replaced 4 shocks and springs. Now ordered Air Ride helper air springs from trucksprings.com. $190. Should have put in air springs first.P/N ARL59529
Short version; replaced 4 shocks and springs. Now ordered Air Ride helper air springs from trucksprings.com. $190. Should have put in air springs first.P/N ARL59529
movin2stereo
09-23-2004, 10:31 PM
I got the same problem.:)
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