Truck continues to lean

Just finished installing my OME kit with new rear springs. My truck leaned to the driver's side to begin with, so I hoped the new suspension would cure it. Didn't change a thing. I bought the truck knowing it had been wrecked. After an unsuccessful alignment, I was told a while back by a body shop (they specifically checked the frame) that the upper control arm on the passenger side was bent from a previous accident, so today I ordered ALL of the control arms. I'm hoping this takes care of my problem, as the rear springs are not side specific and I even had Wheeler's install a trim packer on the driver's side strut. Any kind of input the guys here may be able to provide aside from what I'm doing?

Oh, and installing an ARB front bumper using their directions is frustrating. Let's also add to that by saying one of the tow hook nuts welded inside the frame broke free. Between searching for directions and reading on here, it has helped educate me on doing the end cap mod I was unaware of. I did that mod today.

But yes, if you have anything useful to add on my suspension, I'd be grateful.

 

so your rear springs are identical? usually one side is a slightly higher spring rate to compensate for the lean on Tacomas. Maybe hit up Wheelers and ask them about it. trim packer only helps the front for slight lean. rear is on it's own.

 

Yeah iyour leaf springs should be identical but there in no way the same ,

That's why your trucks leaning swap leafs and I promise that'll help,

On my leafs they look to be after market but I didn't put the lift on my truck it came with a fabtech 6inch lift, the left side spring is yellow writing the right side is white? I'm not sure if that will help you at all

 

they should have a marking stamp on the leafs if they are different and swapping would help anything at all. call wheelers and see what they say, maybe the sent you the wrong set or a mismatched set

your lean might just be due to your front strut springs are bad or on the wrong side, you need to look at all 4 corners when trying to solve a leaning problem

 

Yeah, different leaf each side. Check that. Also, check that your shackles are both freely articulating.

When you torqued the front eye hangar bolts, did you do it when the wheels were on the ground and the truck was not loaded at all? If not, redo them that way, and also do it with an empty gas tank, and even consider pulling the battery while doing this. Take anything and everything out of the cab, like tools, etc. If none of that corrects it, you may need to get a 10mm top space for the driver side coilovers.

 

And I'm assuming that because you mention trim packer, you bought some new preassembled OME coilovers from Wheeler's. You might want to measure those coil heights when unloaded to make sure the didn't accidentally give you an 881 and an 882, for example.

 

Ok, let me go down the list that I should have put in my initial post to clear up some questions.

OME front - Wheeler's assembled with 883 coils and trim packer on driver's side and 10MM top plate spacers on both
OME rear springs CS019R - not side specific, and I did place the pack with the slightly higher visual arch (springs upside down on level floor) on the driver's side. They are visually identical right down to the lettering that is painted on them.

I did ask Wheeler's about the rear springs before I purchased them to verify they were not side specific. He told me to do exactly what I did as far as checking their arch.

The front coils were both tagged with the correct part numbers.

Everything was torqued AFTER the truck was placed on the ground.

Shackles were greased before and after installation.

Bushings on the forward spring mount were also greased at installation.

 

Well shit.

With 883s, you may have a tough time getting a decent alignment at all with stock UCAs.

I had 881s on mine, and was able to get a good alignment from my very trusted local shop without having to get aftermarket UCAs that allow greater caster. They were able to get enough out of my OEM UCAs.

It is also possible that one or both of your alignment cam bolts is seized in the LCAs, preventing correct alignment. Did they mention that?

With your existing UCA damage issue and taller 883s, I would strongly advise you to consider getting some or another high-caster aftermarket UCA to avoid wasting time and money. Look into the lower control arm bushing and alignment cam bolts, too.

Once you sort that out, you can come back to the lean, if it still is an issue.