car leans

[mega420]

my 89 caprice leans to the left and i belive it to be a bad sprig in the front but is there a rubber bushing under the springs. i am curious cause if there is supposed to be i want to replace this first incase this is the prblem.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by mega420

my 89 caprice leans to the left and i belive it to be a bad sprig in the front but is there a rubber bushing under the springs. i am curious cause if there is supposed to be i want to replace this first incase this is the prblem.

If you mean sagging...this is the spring very common, but usually on the passenger side...rubber under the spring is something that I never seen...there is a top isolator piece that sets at the very top...it is thin..


In the 80's because GM had hieght issues and then alignment corrections they had some tsb about spring shims...I believe 1/8 inch in thickness under the springs...2 max...this would increase hieght 1/4-3/8 inch..

[mega420]

yeah its on the passengerside ill lookinto the shims and the isolator part and that is what i was trying to say on the rubber thing lol. do you have a place were i can look at the bulletin

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by mega420

yeah its on the passengerside ill lookinto the shims and the isolator part and that is what i was trying to say on the rubber thing lol. do you have a place were i can look at the bulletin

since you have requested this info I find that indeed this was a large widespread problem for GM....


this TSB 85-3-20 ref # 85-046-3 and there are others as well use the shim part # 25524879.....this TSB came out in 1985 ...

they had problems when built to correct for a hieght problem so bad that this affected the ability to properly adjust for correct wheel alignment..


I would get new springs and If necessary cut springs slightly to set even hieght if necessary...this has been done,,,, many vehicle owners have done this ...you use a cut off wheel...

[mega420]

thanks for the info hopefully i can get some new springs and shocks soon

[bhw33191]

Haha mine leans on the passenger side too. I wasn't gunna post anything about it cause i figured it was just a iLlUsIoN.

[mega420]

well i got some coil spring boosters today and hope it will bring the original hieght back.only 9 bucks and take less than 30min to install i hope

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well i just put 2 blocks in the spring and raised the leaning side by 1/1/4 in it still leans by aBOUT 1/2 IN but alot better and now i come to find the idiot that owned the car b4 put a 215 70 15 on that side and the rest are 205 75 15 so i might get almost my 1/2 in with a new tire but prob not lol

[silicon212]

Mine used to lean as well, until I replaced the springs.

[mega420]

im planning on replacing the sprins shocks a arms and just about every thing else