car leaning to left after adjusting suspension...might have answer??

[1985GN]

hey guys im sitting at work and got to thinking about my suspension as i cant get to work on the car till next week anyway so i hvae a question about it....the other day i moved my lower control arms from the bottom bolt in my relocation brackets to the stock location hole, jacked the car up on the sway bar and tightned the bolts..while sitting in a parking lot the next day somene mentioned my car looked like it was leaning to the drivers side..i said nah its just sitting on a sloped hill...well the next day i finally get around to putting the car up on block and playing with the suspension...i set the cars pinion to -4 with someone of equal weight in the car, adjusted my BMR anti roll bar with someone in the car, installed my qa1 12 way adjustable shocks in..i noticed the car was truly leaning to the left ALOT... very very noticeable and i was never like that till i played with the suspension, now im sure its something i did but i have 2 ideas going in my head i want to see if this would be enough to cause this?? first was when i tightend the lower control arms i had the car in the air on a jack under the sway bar and i never thought to check if hte car was even, i know i should have put the tire on blocks to act like true load, so could i have tightend teh lowers wrong and they are binding??? my other this was when i adjsuted the upper control arms is it possbile that one maybe be something like 1/8" longer hten the other causing this??? would it make that much of a different?? the car sits the same if the anti roll bar is not hooked up as well..thanks for any ideas to keep me thinking at work here...

 

[DougsfastZ]

My car leans to the right like it's launching. This only happened after I installed a 1 3/8" sway bar. Adjusting pinion angle never changed the leaning issue.

I'd like to also see what others have to say.

Doug D

 

[BlackMetal]

My car leans to the right like it's launching. This only happened after I installed a 1 3/8" sway bar. Adjusting pinion angle never changed the leaning issue.

I'd like to also see what others have to say.

Doug D

I've heard that from a few people. Makes me not want to buy one.

 

[manmotorsports]

check the cars preload it sounds like its all messed up, i check preload in the pits with a floor jack, jack up the front in the center let the wheels hang drivers side should be a half of an inch lower. another idea is put every thing back to neutral and start over until it sits level and the dr wheel is where you want it.

 

[BLACK6PACK]

My car leans to the left. Did this when it had all stock suspension, and still did it when I replaced the entire front end.

 

[DougsfastZ]

check the cars preload it sounds like its all messed up, i check preload in the pits with a floor jack, jack up the front in the center let the wheels hang drivers side should be a half of an inch lower. another idea is put every thing back to neutral and start over until it sits level and the dr wheel is where you want it.

Thanks, I think you were right.

I just installed Metco lowers and relocation brackets, still using the ATR bar. I noticed that the ride height on the passenger side was still lower by an inch measuring from the top of the wheel well in the rear. I then set the preload using the upper control arms using these instructions (Method 1):

BaselineSuspensions.com.........Setting Suspension Preload

Now the car only leans about 3/8" on the passenger side. But since we set the preload with my 190lb fat butt in the driver seat, I'm willing to bet the ride height in the rear with me in it, is perfect.

Thanks,

Doug D

 

[1985GN]

it ended up being the way BMR wanted me to adjust the anti roll bar was wrong..once i did it a different way the car sat fine