75 CJ-5 with stock susp. doesn't sit level

Now that my Jeep is running correctly, I am seeing other little things I want to work on. It is a pretty stock 75 CJ-5. when I look at her from the rear, the drivers side sits about 1 to 1.5" lower than the passenger side.

If I recall correctly, The springs were rebuilt in 86. The jeep sat in a half-restored state until I finished her in 2003.

I'm NOT a fat @$$.

I do not see a broken leaf in the pack, but I might not be looking in the right place...

Right turns feel like I lean further left, than vice versa.

What are some solutions I should entertain? I am using the stock shackles. I will post pics on Monday when I get home. (It is times like these you wish you had a 76-up CJ...)

 

Have you searched for earlier posts? Try "Jeep lean."

 

Well hell. I should've known it would have a name! I noticed in a few posts that you said, "If it is less than an inch diffrence, I wouldn't worry about it."

I think I am sitting very near one inch.

How much does a re-arch cost? Is that per leaf? Per side? Per pair?

Guess I have some thinking to do on what I want to do for a solution. If/when I do any suspension work, I will definitely be changing out my stock shackles. I have no idea how they work, or why they don't spontaneously collapse.

 

Most turns are right-hand turns, which pitches the weight to the left side. So the left springs, shackles, and bushings probably take more wear and tear. Add to that the weight of the driver, and the fact that the old Jeeps don't have a sway bar to want to pull the suspension back to level, and maybe it's predictable that they'd tend to lean to the left.

First thing to do is replace the shackle and spring bushings. All of them. They wear out. And if you have nothing but time on your hands swap your rear springs left for right. If that doesn't change things swap the front springs left for right. If that doesn't change it I think I'd just get used to it.

Chilly

 

How do I ever get home without the # rt turn = the # left turns? Not looking to argue...

I wish I had a swaybar...

I am looking for a pair of non-lifting shackles for a 75. Does 4WD sell them? Preferably greasable ones? (Seems like the last time I looked I only saw 1976 up...

 

I blame Eisenhower and all his fancy whoop-dee-doos, cloverleafs, and on-ramps. The damnable interstate system has been unfairly burdening left hand springs, redistributing centers of mass from the far right to the radical left.

What? You don't cruise the interstate with Super Swampers?

 

just get used to it ,,,really .I did ,swapped springs and it still leaned the same way , why fight it .....

 

They didn't make the frames exactly straight on these old jeeps.

 

T-14 on a SWB jeep = a scary 55mph top speed.

I avoid i-95 and the florida turnpike like the plague!

I do agree that cloverleafs a reall right turns though...

 

Mine was sagging in the front passenger about 1.5". I took the leaf spring out, took the leaves apart, beat them til my arm felt like it was gonna fall off, and put it back together. Now it sits just a smidge higher passenger. We'll see if it lasts.

Good info : http://www.eatonsprings.com/rearching.htm

 

it shouldnt cost much to re-arch, but in my experience it will sag down again. all my old ones lean a little. lack I guess of having a passenger all those years of driving. if you really want to fix it get a new spring set or mild lift kit. time causes everything to sag so it is pretty normal.