leaning to one side

[wally]

I recently bought a 98 2wd ranger reg cab and noticed after i bought it that it leaned to to driverside. I replaced the rear shackles as they were rusted almost completly off. This didn't do anything to correct the leaning. Do I need to replace the springs? front and rear? and should I do it all the way around, it does have 145,000 miles on it.

 

[colinrmitchell]

I'm having the same problem with my truck, very recently, the driverside is also leaning. I tried tightening all of the suspension bolts, front and reat.

Mine is a 1997, and I had to replace both the front and rear hangers on the rear leaf springs. I would examine them closely to look for deformation. If the shackles and new hangers didn't fix it, it's got to be the spring.

Does it look like the sag is coming from the front or the rear??

 

[ccrunner1]

same problem here.
i believe this is what people mean by "the ranger lean" i think its caused by the 20 gallon gas tank on the driver side.
from what i hear its normal and you have nothing to worry about

 

[wally]

not sure if its front or back and hangers seem ok as far as shape goes. I do want to replace the rear hangers anyway since the metal is flaking away on them.

 

[erik2282]

I have the same issue with my 2000 extended cab 2-wheel drive Ranger. Only 58,000 miles, never been wrecked, all stock, except for tires size.

I used to have a Chevrolet S10 that leaned the same exact way. The way I corrected the "lean" was to install a 1" polyurethane coil spring spacer on the driver's side to lift that side up and it corrected the lean. I got the spacer from summitracing.com for like, I think it was like 18 bucks or something.

Now, my Ranger is leaning to the left but the passenger side front is higher than the passenger side back, making the passenger front corner of the truck higher than the rest of the truck. If you look at my truck from a side view, from the passenger side the rear is lower.

So the plan I have is this, I am going to buy a 1" coil spring spacer to go on the driver's side to even out the side-to-side lean. Once I do this the back will be about 1" lower than the front, so I'm going to buy some 2" lift blocks so it can sit at just the right angle.

Besides correcting these leans, It will raise up my truck a little, which is cool to me, because it will look better.

What do you guys think about this?

also.. When I had my S10, I installed the spring spacer on top of the driver's side coil. I read somewhere on the site that on the Rangers, the spacer goes under the coil.

Thanks for reading... please comment///

 

[dorman68]

Did you check the front leaf spring hanger/bracket. I have had one of them rot away on my truck.

 

[wally]

front hangers look good yet, but the rears are starting to flake away.

 

[85DANGERanger]

have a 85' and it leans the same way. i recken its just a ranger thing. been doing it since they came out with the ranger.

 

[doorgunner]

Here goes! the Ranger motor is off-set about an inch to the passengers side to balance the weight of the gas tank & passenger. My '89 Ranger sits level. The left & right springs have the same clearance from the frame, front/same & rear/same Do some measuring & see what's up (or down) with your suspension

 

[dru]

I have the same issue with my 2000 extended cab 2-wheel drive Ranger. Only 58,000 miles, never been wrecked, all stock, except for tires size.

I used to have a Chevrolet S10 that leaned the same exact way. The way I corrected the "lean" was to install a 1" polyurethane coil spring spacer on the driver's side to lift that side up and it corrected the lean. I got the spacer from summitracing.com for like, I think it was like 18 bucks or something.

Now, my Ranger is leaning to the left but the passenger side front is higher than the passenger side back, making the passenger front corner of the truck higher than the rest of the truck. If you look at my truck from a side view, from the passenger side the rear is lower.

So the plan I have is this, I am going to buy a 1" coil spring spacer to go on the driver's side to even out the side-to-side lean. Once I do this the back will be about 1" lower than the front, so I'm going to buy some 2" lift blocks so it can sit at just the right angle.

Besides correcting these leans, It will raise up my truck a little, which is cool to me, because it will look better.

What do you guys think about this?

also.. When I had my S10, I installed the spring spacer on top of the driver's side coil. I read somewhere on the site that on the Rangers, the spacer goes under the coil.

Thanks for reading... please comment///

if you're talking about those coil spacers that you wedge into the coil. ive heard very bad things about them. i was thinking about those to lift my front end an inch to clear my swampers better. did a search and found they are quite dangerous.

 

[erik2282]

if you're talking about those coil spacers that you wedge into the coil. ive heard very bad things about them. i was thinking about those to lift my front end an inch to clear my swampers better. did a search and found they are quite dangerous.

no no, i was talkin about the round spacer that looks like a donut that goes on top or bottom of coil spring. i was actullay also considering those things that you're talkin about but when i went to go see them at pep boys, i was like, umm no...