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Wheels are offset?

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Just noticed today that on the drivers side my rear tyre is about 20mm out past the guard. The passenger side is about 5mm inside the guard.

 

I took the wheels off and took a heap of measurements and the diff is pretty much centered. Maybe a mm out.

 

Measured the tyres, the rims, width, offset etc and it all was the same. Even swapped them to the other side.

 

Dropped it back down and this time the passenger side was out! Ok, I thought, the rims are different widths.

 

Took it for a drive and it is back to the drivers side being out.

 

What the hell is going on?

 

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16 minutes ago, dex said:

Is it xe/f ,? 

And add to that ,,,lowered ,?

Could be time for your watts link bushes and even trailing arms ones as well . 

 

1990 XF ute with 2"lowering blocks. Getting the leafs reset in Feb.

 

I've got another diff sitting here. I was going to swap it over anyway, guess I'll do it this weekend now.

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Scratch my responce then on that ,,

utes n wagons use the leaf spring setup , 

sedans the watts link set up . 

 

Check your springs bushes and shackles ,,

pry bar will show up and movement that looks unwarrented 

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2 hours ago, motoSycho said:

Just noticed today that on the drivers side my rear tyre is about 20mm out past the guard. The passenger side is about 5mm inside the guard.

 

I took the wheels off and took a heap of measurements and the diff is pretty much centered. Maybe a mm out.

 

Measured the tyres, the rims, width, offset etc and it all was the same. Even swapped them to the other side.

 

Dropped it back down and this time the passenger side was out! Ok, I thought, the rims are different widths.

 

Took it for a drive and it is back to the drivers side being out.

 

What the hell is going on?

 

I've had this problem on an xf Ute, just how it was built is the conclusion I came to. You don't notice it till you fit wheels that struggle to fit under the guards. Also had similar issues on the front.

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12 hours ago, winton said:

I've had this problem on an xf Ute, just how it was built is the conclusion I came to. You don't notice it till you fit wheels that struggle to fit under the guards. Also had similar issues on the front.

 

Man that's weird. 

 

I'll throw my rears on to my spares ute and see what they look like. 

 

I'm running 9" rims with 265/50 14 on them, so it is really noticeable. 

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You may have:

Rusted out or broken centre bolt
Slipped u-bolts
Spring packs walking sideways
Chopped out isolator pads (where the centre bolt locates)
Worn shackle bushes and pins
Worn front spring eye bushes
Springs warped sideways

Maybe a tiny bit of each problem is adding up to a lot.... Leaf springs are beautifully simple but not exactly what you'd call Swiss watch precision.

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