"Dodge Lean" pic
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Yep, I had this same issue.
Wait on the front coils until last resort. I paid for a brand new one, as mine appeared to be leaning worse in the front, and the brand new coil didn't change a thing. From my experience, and what I've seen online, 99% of the time its the leaf spring. The reason the front drops as well is because the worn leaf spring is not holding up "its end", if you pardon the pun, and the coil spring has to take more of the weight.
Do not re-arch leaf springs. They will just sag again after a few thousand miles of regular use (or just driving, not even really being used).
I attempted the driver-to-passenger, and passenger-to-driver leaf spring swap at first. My passenger side bounced all over the place! By the time your truck is sagging that bad, that spring is far to worn out. When it has very little weight on it, like it will on the passenger side, it will flex and bounce all over the place, over the slightest bumps.
I did and cannot find the $$$ for new springs at that time, or this time, so I went down to the junk yard and got a leaf spring off a wrecked Ram. Kept the original passenger spring on the driver's side, and installed the "wrecked Ram" spring on the passenger side. Been working fine enough ever since, and it'll make do until I find a couple extra hundred dollars to buy complete new springs.
Water pump is going out it seems, got some wobble to it... so looks like I may be getting a new one of those and converting to electric fans. There goes the spring budget (again).
Wait on the front coils until last resort. I paid for a brand new one, as mine appeared to be leaning worse in the front, and the brand new coil didn't change a thing. From my experience, and what I've seen online, 99% of the time its the leaf spring. The reason the front drops as well is because the worn leaf spring is not holding up "its end", if you pardon the pun, and the coil spring has to take more of the weight.
Do not re-arch leaf springs. They will just sag again after a few thousand miles of regular use (or just driving, not even really being used).
I attempted the driver-to-passenger, and passenger-to-driver leaf spring swap at first. My passenger side bounced all over the place! By the time your truck is sagging that bad, that spring is far to worn out. When it has very little weight on it, like it will on the passenger side, it will flex and bounce all over the place, over the slightest bumps.
I did and cannot find the $$$ for new springs at that time, or this time, so I went down to the junk yard and got a leaf spring off a wrecked Ram. Kept the original passenger spring on the driver's side, and installed the "wrecked Ram" spring on the passenger side. Been working fine enough ever since, and it'll make do until I find a couple extra hundred dollars to buy complete new springs.
Water pump is going out it seems, got some wobble to it... so looks like I may be getting a new one of those and converting to electric fans. There goes the spring budget (again).
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