1978 cj-5 stock suspension.......driver's side .75"

'78 cj-5 not perfect......but fun

 

Mine leans driver's side.... I thought they all did /wwwthreads_images/icons/wink.gif

'86 CJ7/AMC 360/TR Ignition/T999/D300/OEM D44 rear.../wwwthreads_images/icons/cool.gif

 

my CJ leans toward the driver side....i think it might be a worn shock....but i have no clue....doesnt really bother me actually...

Jeep'n Greg
1985 CJ7, 258, t-5, d-300,
2000 TJ 4.0L, jamboree edition

 

Drivers side even with new 4" springs,shackles and bushings.

Just waiting for the surgeon general to ban Jeeps for being too addictive
http://home1.gte.net/rythem/davescj7.htm

 

All my Jeeps have leaned to driver side.
Might be because I weight 280lb?

Happy trails

Happy Trails

 

Im thinking the same..I weigh 215. I wonder if it has to do with the narrow frame of the jeep and the fact that the driver basically sits outside the frame?????

Everyday travel is off-roading in this town....

 

My stock 1985 CJ8 leans to the drivers side.

85 CJ8 Undergoing Frame-up Restoration w/258/T176/Dana300-Looking 4 a 95-96 4.0L Motor, SS gas tank, & chrome spoke wheels.

 

passenger side and back.

 

Well I don't have a CJ anymore but I'll assume my other Jeeps count. My M38AI has a healthy lean to the passenger side. Possibly due to the engine residing where the passenger seat would normally be. I imagine that when the Heep reaches completion( which should be soon since the large pile of gravel that was blocking in my tranny has now moved) it'll lean which ever way there's a stiff breeze due to ultra squishy springs. My Commando is a diferent story. It's been relagated to storage shed duties and has 1 engine, 3 transmissions, and 3 transfer cases living in the back. These parts and the other Jeep debris in back cause it to lean about 4" to the rear. Happy Jeepin'
Travis

So many Jeeps... So little time/wwwthreads_images/icons/crazy.gif

 

Forward.
engine is too heavy for the springs....
Feel like you are going down hill all the time.

I'm considering doing SOA in the front only!! /wwwthreads_images/icons/wink.gif

"I Have The Body Of A God... Buddha"

 

(79 CJ) Drivers side BUT after suspension and bushing replacements it is now even /wwwthreads_images/icons/smile.gif

Jeff

Happy Owner of a 1979 CJ5
Almost finished /wwwthreads_images/icons/tongue.gif ( Ya Right ! )

There`s No Such Thing As Surface Rust

 

My leans toward the drivers side, even after putting new springs on.

Is it done yet??!!

 

Maybe they just build them like that.or maybe they just do it to pi$$ ya off.
or maybe if your jeep don't look like it's leaning you had one too many beers.
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Ray
Learn to let go of what does not serve you ,but forces you to serve it
why does everyone ask if I am gonna paint it ?

 

Driver's side, like most of the others. It's not in the suspension, I think it's from driver's weight and time taking their toll on the body mounts, since most vehicles, and jeeps are no exception, carry one person more often than 2 or more.

Ken

 

CJ-2A---no lean.
Used to have an FJ-40 that leaned to the driver's side.
XJ---no lean.
TJ---no lean.

"I see." the blind man said to the deaf woman./wwwthreads_images/icons/wink.gif

 

Ok, I'm a Wrangler guy so give me some slack but mine leans to the passenger side and sometimes seems like it sits straight. 176,000 and all stock (semi new shocks) 4.0 Auto. 1994. Give me another 100k is all I ask, lean or not. Starts with every turn and runs all day..... street or dirt.

 

Wonder if swapping the springs side for side would help??
(Assuming of course they will interchange on what ever you are driving...)

"I Have The Body Of A God... Buddha"

 

My CJ used to lean to the driver's side but after heavy duty rebuild, no more lean. The Commando leans to the passenger side.

"What do you call a girl with one leg shorter than the other? Eileen."

'72 Commando, '57 CJ-5.

 

I had a 1981 CJ-5 that leaned to the passenger side. I took it to a frame shop and was told that the frame was bent. Paid to have it fix and it was fine after that. My 1978 CJ-5 has no lean.

I think that most jeeps have bent frames, or at least bent springs, and probably both.

Kriss

 

Mine is a 1942 WWII GPW. Leans to the drivers side. I assumed it had a bent frame. It has 3" lift with new mody mounts. I installed a longer shackle on the left rear leafspring and now it sits level but looks odd from the rear.

 

I think most of the lean, assuming the frame isn't bent, is due to the offset of the engine, 1" or so to the driver's side on CJs, the driver's weight, and the fact that leaf springs have friction between each leaf that prevents the spring from fully recovering when you get out of the Jeep. (Just give the jeep a push after you get out, it will settle more level then!) YJs have the engine offset to the passenger side. TJs do too, but the coil springs have no friction holding them back. If you don't have a sway bar connected, the problem is worse. Heavier springs have less of a problem, also, as they are able to recover easier. The best solution is to have a slightly heavier spring on the front driver's side, this is what the Army spec'd out for the GPWs and MBs of WW2.

 

Maybe our motors have so much torque that they just wear out the drivers side springs faster. I know that my built six has some serious torque right off idle, and it torques to the driver's side. Just a thought.

 

My scrambler leans to the passenger side which makes me happy since you hate to see it leaning worse with the driver in it towards the drivers side...... I had thought that it leaned to the drivers side, but I was mistaken....

 

Driver's, after new suspension.

Jason
'86 CJ-7
3" Rancho lift, 33x12.5 Pro Comp M/T,
4.10 Gears, and locker in front

 

OK...after reading this string for days...I'll be post #50. Wow!

My '72 CJ5 has a slight lean, definately noticable, to the driver's side. And yes, it leans with or without me in the vehicle.

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