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Uneven bed after lift help.

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by toppdawg, May 12, 2016.

  1. May 13, 2016 at 12:52 PM
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    deeezy

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    Maybe try and jack the truck up, loosen leaf spring/shackle bolts, snug them up by hand, lower truck so it's weight is on the leaf springs, and retorque bolts to spec while at ride height.
     
  2. May 13, 2016 at 12:54 PM
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    And your AAL sure looks used. Did you buy them used or have they just been installed on the truck for a while?
     
  3. May 13, 2016 at 12:56 PM
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    WhiteNemesis

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    Blow it through the roof
    Always torque it down at ride height
     
  4. May 13, 2016 at 1:58 PM
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    I installed my aal 4 years ago. It's broken in.
     
  5. May 13, 2016 at 1:58 PM
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    I torqued it down while sitting on the jack though. Definitely not at ride heighth.
     
  6. May 13, 2016 at 2:43 PM
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    Anyone know the torque specs of the ubolts?
     
  7. May 13, 2016 at 2:59 PM
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    73 ft lbs I think
     
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  8. May 13, 2016 at 3:20 PM
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    So the truck has been like this for 4 years and its only bugging you now ?
     
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  9. May 13, 2016 at 3:33 PM
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    That explains this then:

     
  10. May 13, 2016 at 4:25 PM
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    For me to loosen the ubolts and then adjust my aal do I need to jack the back end up by the rear end or the back frame?
     
  11. May 13, 2016 at 4:31 PM
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    Yes it has been this way the whole time but I procrastinate
     
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  12. May 13, 2016 at 4:42 PM
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    ok so the aal has to be intalled in a certain direction. the longer part of the leaf i supposed to be facing the rear of the truck. you think maybe you could have faced it the wrong direction?
     
  13. May 13, 2016 at 4:43 PM
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    Mine looked very similar...

    Spent 6 hours on a frame rack to fix it...

    IMG_20160221_142321215_zpszx7kujye_69270a7050fa68610dcb70bbfe04d1218974dd7e.jpg
     
  14. May 13, 2016 at 5:25 PM
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    I guess it's possible I put the aal in backwards
     
  15. May 13, 2016 at 5:25 PM
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    So the longer side goes towards the rear.
     
  16. May 13, 2016 at 5:26 PM
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    How did you fix it?
     
  17. May 13, 2016 at 5:31 PM
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    VLocos24

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    Yes the longer side points towards the rear. You probably did one side correct and the other side wrong. Double check
     
  18. May 13, 2016 at 5:33 PM
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    @jowybyo did an AAL, driver side sits lower than passenger side me by 3/4". Not a major upset though because now we have an excuse to do the Chevy 63" leafs!
     
  19. May 13, 2016 at 5:34 PM
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    So I should be able to measure this while it's still installed, right?
     
  20. May 13, 2016 at 5:34 PM
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    Could be a pain to reach in there but try measuring from center to the end of the AAL and see which side is longer
     

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