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94DAK
Dodge Dakota
10/22/2001
16:06:31
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 Subject: leaning to the driver side
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hey all,
I have noticed that my truck is at a slight angle. It is more noticable with a full tank, but the driver side is lower than the passenger side. I am wondering if new shocks would fix this problem? Or is this a sign my springs are shot? I boughtthe truck used so I don't know how much towin aond/or hauling it has done. It is a 1994, v-8, 5 spd w/114,000. Any help would be great. Thanks
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Snowman
Dodge Dakota
10/22/2001
20:14:56
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Hey guy. A leaning of the chassis is usually a shock. To check a bad shock, bounce the truck three times up and down, if it bounces more than twice after you stop, bad shock. A spring that is bad will be visable to you.
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Clevite 77
Dodge Dakota
10/22/2001
21:49:44
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Shocks- absorb the bump
Springs- determine ride height
I would guess bad spring
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2WD
Dodge Dakota
10/22/2001
22:13:23
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Bad spring.
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CamQuad
Dodge Dakota
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8/13/2004
15:10:26
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How hard is it to replace the spring if that is what the problem is?
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Dr. D
Dodge Dakota
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8/13/2004
22:34:04
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I had a 1987 Dodge Ram with the same problem. Replaced both
front springs and still had the same problem.
After taking the truck to a body and frame shop they discovered
a twisted frame up near the front of the truck.
I hope yours is just a weak spring and not a frame issue.
Dr. D
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CamQuad
Dodge Dakota
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8/14/2004
15:47:15
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Well I hit this bump pretty hard and at the time it caused my steering collumn to break and the dealership said the lean was the spring was weak now but I thought it may be the frame. I know for sure though that there is a bigger gap in the passenger wheel well than the driver and when I jack the low side up from the from and raise the spring it does level out.
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Dodge Dakota
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8/14/2004
16:03:29
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Tell ya FAT BUTT WIFE to stop sitting behind you in the truck bed, and to move over to the right of the truck bed like the dog does!
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slopehead
Dodge Dakota
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8/15/2004
09:55:50
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for SNOWBOY/MAN
you are ABSOLUTELY WRONG in saying that shocks control ride hieght. springs do, not shocks, shocks absorb the bump as Clevite said. My company has built quite a few machines that assemble the small metal eyelet, in the rubber, inside the large eyelet, on both ends of shocks, and from what I have seen of the Gas charged shocks that a southeast michigan company that actually designes and builds them, (we need to have a small amount of the incomplete shocks sent to us for tryout before shipping the machine) using my assembly machines, is that there is not enough pressure in them to support 100 lbs. let alone the 1000 or so lbs or more that each corner of a truck can weigh.
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