Crazy 2" Taco Lean on drivers side

I have some crazy lean right now on my taco. It looks absolutely ridiculous from the rear. There is a whole 2" difference from the drivers side rear to the passenger side rear. The fronts are fairly level with eachother.

I have a full tank of gas, and a newly added rear plate bumper with tire carrier. The drivers side leaf is visibly sagging more than the passenger side. My leafs are brand new from Toyota as of summer this year... what gives?

 

what suspension?

 

Stock front coils + Stock front shocks
Stock rear leafs + Bilstein 5100 rear shocks
1.5" Body Lift

 

Original shocks and coils up front ? Might be time to replace them after 11 years.

 

I didnt figure front shocks would affect rear sag. As I said, front is level and nothing wrong with it. The rear drivers side is sagging like crazy

 

They might have tried to remove something from the body lift.

 

Body lift was added recently (last month), my truck hasnt been to the dealer/seen any mechanic since the body lift. This crazy sag only started happening after putting the rear bumper on, so clearly its due to the weight of the bumper. But wondering why its sagging so much to one side specifically? I get that the full tank of gas and battery weigh a lot, but didnt think it would make the difference an entire 2" of sag. Ive read about a bunch of guys who have 1" and 1.25", never 2"

 

Have you gotten under there and inspected everything?

I'm not an expert, but something is for sure not right.

 

My dad's Tundra did the same thing after replacing the rear shocks. not really sure why...

 

One of your leafs break?

 

I have a 2014 Trd short bed with the same rear bumper set up but with Fox 2.0 and All pro expo leafs and still have a 1.5 lean on the drivers side. Been leaning the day I got it home. I cant seem to get it to go a way.

 

This is interesting​

 

Good to hear im not the only one with this setup. How are you liking that bumper? Just installed mine the other day.

Leafs are all fine, the drivers side is noticably more flexed but nothing broken. As I said they're OEM and brand new as of 5 months ago from Toyota. The rear drivers shock is compressed and the leafs on that side are sagging, but nothing else out of the ordinary. The truck bounces back up a bit as my gas tank empties out. When im near empty the truck is almost level or within 0.5"-1" of level

 

I have redone all the suspension upper arms, front coil overs, rear shocks and leafs but still have the gangsta lean in the back. Mostly I try to just ignore it now. That's life some times.

 

Wow tough break, have you tried messing with heavy duty leaf packs like the OME HD dakar pack? Obviously they would ride stiffer but im wondering if since they can tolerate more weight, if they would flex less under these circumstances and remain more level

 

Welcome to TacomaWorld, you'll fit in well around here.

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For what the bumper is I like it just fine. This is the second truck it has been on. I have had it for about four years now and no real complaints. Just wish it had a bit more clearance in the rear but the price was right at the time. The big thing I like about it is in about 5 minutes I can take the tire carrier off. I only have it on the truck when I do trips. makes it to hard to use as a truck when its on, you take up half the parking lot when you open it up. I have made a little table that goes on it for camping and cooking.

 

+1 OME HD Dakars Even with a FWC Eagle in the back i'm not listing.

 

I can say that I am not happy with the All pro expo leafs. I don't feel they hold the weight as advertised. would like to make the switch to either the Dakars or the new Icon leafs. But those all cost money so it will have to stay the way it is for a bit.

 

Pull out the driver side rear shock to make sure something isn't wrong with it. If that's not it, pull the passenger side. If it's not the shocks, it's the leaf springs and the weight in/ on your truck.