My car is sitting tilted and I cant find out why!!!!

[Denvervet]

Not sure what kind of suspension you are running and this is another one of those too obvious things. Do you have any rubber control arm or leaf spring bushings? If so I'd loosen then up with weight on suspension and retighten

[JRouche]

Originally Posted by Denvervet

Not sure what kind of suspension you are running and this is another one of those too obvious things. Do you have any rubber control arm or leaf spring bushings? If so I'd loosen then up with weight on suspension and retighten

Hey, now that sounds like a good check. If you have captured bushings (rubber) then maybe you twisted the bushing in relation to the tabs. I like that check. Good call. JR

[The WidowMaker]

not sure what you have for shocks and springs, but you said you could wiggle the ds spring, but not the ps. if the ps has more height to it, it would of course cause that side to sit higher.

i just kind of went through the same thing. while measuring for the wheels, i had the car up off the ground and supported on jackstands. the rear quarters were off over 1/2". it ended up being that i used a mixed set of jackstands at the front, and although they are the same brand, one was 1/2" off. so, all im saying is it could be either at the front or rear that causing both to be off.

[DRJDVM's '69]

I've gone through every suspension point I can find. They all seem symmetrical. I cant find anyhting bent, cracked or moved.

The only visible damage to the car was the rim. As soon as I got home with the car, I checked to see if the wheel was centered and it was. There was no indictation that the "bad" wheel got to the back suspension. I'm pretty sure I just clipped it enough to bend my rim....no body damage at all. I guess it would be like hitting a big ass pothole....

I have Global West UCA, stock LCA, poly bushings in both, Hotchkis drop springs, stock spindle. The rear is Hotchkis drop leaf springs.... Koni shock all around.

I'm trying to think of this from a pure geometry standpoint..... if any part of the suspension was bent enough to allow the car to drop that much....wouldnt that have been revealed with the alignment check? I would think the aligment would have been way off.....and it wasnt. And 4 wheels were used in the aligment. So the ride height on one side dropped but the aligment didnt change much...

So what holds the car at its ride height...springs, and the mount points of the suspension...isnt that about it?

So what could change the ride height but not the alignment?

I moved the driver side spring around a bit and tapped the end into the groove alittle more....I got it to rotate maybe 3/4 inch and it feel tight now. I swapped the shocks from side to side. I havent had time to drop the car on the ground and see if that changed anything. My gut is saying it wont.....

My plan is to measure EVERYTHING again with the front hanging.... then drop it to the ground and measure everything again...

The big drop in the back is wierd....raise the front and it completely levels again.....

[aany001]

As for the rag joint touching I was thinking maybe the column bolts are a little loose causing the column to slightly slide down and changing the angles of the steering shaft.Does that make any sense???? But for the car being on an angle I am lost cause it seems you have checked everything.Sorry man

[z4me69]

i had the same problem and it was the hotchkis drop leaf springs. will never buy another part from them lets just say dealing with their customer service wasn't fun.

[DRJDVM's '69]

I've had the same suspension for the last 7 years and it has been perfect....until I hit that wheel on the freeway.

[MWCC]

Could one or both of your springs be clocked wrong? That would bind a spring and cause a ride height difference.