OK so, got something weird going on with the rear end.. gonna try to explain as best as possible (and please be patient with my ignorance, I have not owned a solid axle vehicle before):
currently, i have the JOR kit installed with new shackles and hangers. I verified today that they are all in the correct orientation.. I will take pics (see next post) for sanity but for this moment let's assume I am not a total space cadet. Also did leaf spring bushings at that time and new shocks. Left the stock leaf springs (hence bushings). This van was in a front PS accident that required a new front body panel and new PS door. Nothing past that that i could see in the immediate area when i bought it. There's definitely something minor in the front rad support & bumper is slightly tweaked (the actual bumper, not mounts, crumple zones, etc). Subframe looked untouched as well as all suspension parts so i thought good.
The van had some real old tires on it, fine with me i was going to put bigger ones anyway. I noticed right away that the rear DS rear tire had heavy camber wear on the outside knobs. figured the van had just never been aligned at all. Installed lift & 30.5x10.5 tires on new rims. When i went to install the shocks, i noticed that the mounts seemed to be off to the PS. Enough so that the DS one would have rubbed the mount if I didn't space it out to the PS at the top mount about 3/4".. which I did just to have the thing be driveable. Thought maybe it had just been sitting and a quick drive around the block everything settles in and we are good. Well, it's still off. The tires are also noticeably sitting in different spots relative to the wheel wells, off to the PS. I did about 900 mi of driving on it over the weekend, was planning to get an alignment after that. Even just in that short amount of time the outside knobs on that driver side tire are wayy worn, like noticeably so and have lost some minor details that no other tire or part of a tire is showing.
Called firestone as that's where I'd usually get an alignment. They said there's no adjustments to be made there, and they will need to do a full inspection before the alignment to figure out what is bent or otherwise off.
Called a shop I usually use for diff and transmission work, they said this wouldn't be anything internal to the axle which is about where they stop. He suggested bent leafs.
Anyone else want to throw something out there? It'll be going to firestone on monday as that's the soonest i could get it over there, but I'd like to have a little better understanding as to what is going on before I hand it off to them.
currently, i have the JOR kit installed with new shackles and hangers. I verified today that they are all in the correct orientation.. I will take pics (see next post) for sanity but for this moment let's assume I am not a total space cadet. Also did leaf spring bushings at that time and new shocks. Left the stock leaf springs (hence bushings). This van was in a front PS accident that required a new front body panel and new PS door. Nothing past that that i could see in the immediate area when i bought it. There's definitely something minor in the front rad support & bumper is slightly tweaked (the actual bumper, not mounts, crumple zones, etc). Subframe looked untouched as well as all suspension parts so i thought good.
The van had some real old tires on it, fine with me i was going to put bigger ones anyway. I noticed right away that the rear DS rear tire had heavy camber wear on the outside knobs. figured the van had just never been aligned at all. Installed lift & 30.5x10.5 tires on new rims. When i went to install the shocks, i noticed that the mounts seemed to be off to the PS. Enough so that the DS one would have rubbed the mount if I didn't space it out to the PS at the top mount about 3/4".. which I did just to have the thing be driveable. Thought maybe it had just been sitting and a quick drive around the block everything settles in and we are good. Well, it's still off. The tires are also noticeably sitting in different spots relative to the wheel wells, off to the PS. I did about 900 mi of driving on it over the weekend, was planning to get an alignment after that. Even just in that short amount of time the outside knobs on that driver side tire are wayy worn, like noticeably so and have lost some minor details that no other tire or part of a tire is showing.
Called firestone as that's where I'd usually get an alignment. They said there's no adjustments to be made there, and they will need to do a full inspection before the alignment to figure out what is bent or otherwise off.
Called a shop I usually use for diff and transmission work, they said this wouldn't be anything internal to the axle which is about where they stop. He suggested bent leafs.
Anyone else want to throw something out there? It'll be going to firestone on monday as that's the soonest i could get it over there, but I'd like to have a little better understanding as to what is going on before I hand it off to them.