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Rear tire and fender distance not even.

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by kulrajg, Apr 17, 2014.

  1. Apr 17, 2014 at 2:28 PM
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    kulrajg

    kulrajg [OP] Well-Known Member

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    blacked out.
    As i was walking to my truck today, I noticed the right rear side was little higher than the left rear side. Then i measured the diastase between rear tires and fenders. the right side was more than 2 inches higher than the left side. And the truck was parked on even surface. and nothing was loaded in it. Does anyone knows what it can be? Thanks!
     
  2. Apr 17, 2014 at 2:43 PM
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    BAMFTACO

    BAMFTACO Another day another beer

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    It's the taco lean pretty common
     
  3. Apr 17, 2014 at 2:45 PM
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    blacked out.
    is there any way to fix it? or it's just a normal thing?
     
  4. Apr 17, 2014 at 4:29 PM
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    what people do is add a quarter in spacer to the front left and usually helps with the problem. you can order it on the wheelersoffroad website or toytec
     
  5. Apr 17, 2014 at 4:31 PM
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    BAMFTACO

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    how many miles are on your shocks worn coils and shocks could do it also
     
  6. Apr 17, 2014 at 5:05 PM
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    I don't know if this is the extent/cause of your issue, but tacoma rear springs actually have different specifications/rates, to counteract driveshaft torque.
     
  7. Apr 17, 2014 at 5:13 PM
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    Tell us how many miles on it:

    Is the front worse than the rear or vice versa?

    Of course, check tire pressure, and measure on a flat surface.

    Is it all stock, from the factory?
     
  8. Apr 18, 2014 at 7:01 AM
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    Yep taco lean.
    Stock shouldn't be that bad, sounds aftermarket.
    You'll notice it much worse with a full tank and any weight in the back with no passenger.

    I've got a Deaver j66
    Installed and it had a full two inch lean so I took it back. They arched it up more and added an eleventh leaf to it


    A month later, same shit. Full 2" taco lean.

    But she rides like a caddy off road and that's all that matters.
    It won't really affect you much other than looking wrong to the discerning eye.
     
  9. Apr 18, 2014 at 10:01 AM
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    blacked out.
    it has about 110K miles on it. and everything is stock.
    the tire pressure and shocks and coils are fine too.
     
  10. Apr 18, 2014 at 8:40 PM
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    Yeah you're prolly due for leafs at this point then. Not sure why else that'd happen but 110k on springs that are already soft and at nearly zero arch when brand new stock ... They're just old id say
     
  11. Apr 18, 2014 at 8:56 PM
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    I also had this issue. It got better when i changed the rear shocks and leafs but its still uneven. heck....my whole truck is uneven. wierd thing is that my passenger side is lower then the driver side with the rear. and in the front, the driver side is lower than the passenger side. drove me nuts for a long ass time so i changed everything. it helped but still uneven all around. when i look out my rear view mirror, the tailgate aint even either....passenger side sits lower then the left. i use the bottom of the rear window as a guide and i can see its not a straight line when looking at my tailgate. at one point, i almost got rid of my tacoma because of it but decided to just deal with it. supposedly its somewhat common, especially with older years - mine is a 99 with 216k.
     

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