Was told my REAR AXEL HAS SHIFTED. HOW CAN I FIX THIS?

Draw an imaginary vertical line through the center of the bump stop all the way to the axle. It should hit the center of the axle. If not, your axle "walked off" during the instalation. Typically, the axle goes towards the back of the truck and you'll see the center of leaf pack seats about 1" or more of the center line. Also you may see a gap between axle and the bottom leaf of the pack

 

Find a collision alignment shop.

 

OK, I think that is what my husbo was talking about doing. He wants to take the tires off and "drop the springs" or something like that. Maybe reseat them? I think we are going to do that tomorrow. Thank you!

 

Pictures may not even show it. Just being a quarter inch off will cause tracking issues. But without measuring it, visual observations can be very difficult unless you exposed a rust line on the spring or something similar. Loosening ubolts and jiggling things is a good start. That is how my truck was fixed.

 

That would explain why he wants to take measurements!

 

What the hell is husbo?

 

Predominately male significant other.

 

Take a pic of the whole axle zoomed out.

 

Is the bed crooked then making the axel look like it shifted?

 

Endearing term for my better half.

 

Here is the leaf spring pin on the drivers side. It’s banged up and scraped up. Got some jagged metal at the bottom.

 

Current situation. Putting the passenger side together now

 

You should be able to measure from the center of the front hub to the center of the back axle hub from side to side. That should give you an idea if the axle is square.

 

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/rear-end-alignment-measurement-tech/

 

how many total miles

any serious off roading recently

something was banged hard or something is very loose

2021....................what conclusion at dealer

why flintstones

 

Is the OP sure she's not chasing a ghost? I'd put it back together and find a different alignment shop that's not a chain.

Measuring devices are only as good as the person operating them

 

recent suspension work................ by whom

how long ago

test ride by guilty party

 

Pics of the driver's side clearly show a gap between axle and spring.

 

He’s measuring from the front of the axel tube to center off leaf spring perch bolt.

 

Helpful! Thanks.