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Old 08-03-2012 | 12:12 PM
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Question Right Rear Sags

I have an 08 2 door with 60K miles. A 5.5" BDS suspension and LOD front and rear bumpers. In the past 3 months, my right rear has started to sag. Can someone please provide some advice as to why this would happen only on the right rear and what the fix would be? I have compared the level with and without a full tank of gas as the tank is on that side and there is no difference.

I have searched and found nothing. What I do know is it was level before with the LOD bumpers and now it isn't.

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Old 08-03-2012 | 02:58 PM
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a passenger side lean is totally normal. in fact, i call it the JK lean. you can easily address this by installing a set of adjustable rear sway bar links and setting the passenger side ones longer.
Old 08-03-2012 | 03:05 PM
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Better known as gangster lean
Old 08-03-2012 | 09:04 PM
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Thank you very much WOL. At least I know I'm not the only one and nothing is wrong. Have a great weekend!
Old 08-03-2012 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by northsidejeepin
I have an 08 2 door with 60K miles. A 5.5" BDS suspension and LOD front and rear bumpers. In the past 3 months, my right rear has started to sag. Can someone please provide some advice as to why this would happen only on the right rear and what the fix would be? I have compared the level with and without a full tank of gas as the tank is on that side and there is no difference.

I have searched and found nothing. What I do know is it was level before with the LOD bumpers and now it isn't.

Thanks!
If it was once level, and your set-up has not changed, but is now not level, it may be due to a sagging spring, or one of them has become unseated if you have over-flexed at some point.
Inspect the rear springs, and if they are seated, you could try switching the two rear springs to see if it makes a difference.
Old 08-05-2012 | 02:28 PM
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Ok, I'll look into that too.

Thanks.
Old 08-06-2012 | 07:11 AM
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could it be a blown out shock?
Old 08-06-2012 | 08:53 AM
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I had a pretty bad lean and finally found a broken upper control arm bracket on the axle.
Old 08-06-2012 | 10:57 AM
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Mine leans to the right a little. I got a .5" spacer for the front and rear on the passenger side and just haven't installed them yet. I may not actually as I'm used to it. You don't even really notice too much after a while
Old 08-07-2012 | 09:35 AM
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I will look into the above new ideas and report with any new findings.

Thanks again everyone for the feedback.




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