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Bozzy
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:26 am Posts: 47 Location: Brisbane, northside
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my NT sierra leans slightly to the drivers side and 1 or 2 people with zooks have told me this is "suzuki lean"... my brother had one a few years ago and his didn't have this problem. i've put new leaf springs in and new bushes all round and it still didn't fix the problem. it has a 2 inch body lift...could that be an issue? it does my fucking head in and i'd like to sort it out so i'd appreciate any suggestions.
thanks
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shep
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14498 Location: Here there everywhere
Vehicle: A manly awesome man jimny
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i get ball to sit in the passenger seat cos then the fat bastard evens my car up
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suzukiboy
Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 607 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: Suzuki Grand Vitara
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My Vit has this after the lift and I ended up fitting one spring spacer to the divers side rear.
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zooker

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Joined: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 596 Location: Queanbeyan
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Thats just the sierra lean. Its due to there being more weight over the driver side (battery, spare wheel, fuel tank, driver) Just put an extra leaf in the drivers side springs. Or just deal with it
My old sierra was 2" lower on the drivers side. My current zook is about 3" lower on the passenger side.... anti-suzuki lean?? 
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Bozzy
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:26 am Posts: 47 Location: Brisbane, northside
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i can just imagine how retarded it looks when i'm in it adding to the lean lol. guess i'll just consider it a suzuki quirk...
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bails

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Joined: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 131 Location: darwin
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have you made sure you got the front springs on the right side? i had the same problem but swaped the left to the right and it was all sorted.
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whincup

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Joined: Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 1588 Location: Gracemere, QLD
Vehicle: '94 suzuki maruti
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I must be the only suzuki driver with a sierra that leans to the left... 
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JrZook
Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 5517 Location: Holland Park
Vehicle: Awesome!!
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whincup wrote: I must be the only suzuki driver with a sierra that leans to the left... 
Must get a few pretty chunky passengers overloading the left side springs 
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Teracis
Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:03 pm Posts: 2261 Location: Gold Coast
Vehicle: Daisy
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I bought a 1990 sierra yesterday, and after having read this thread thismorning ran down to the garage to have a look, I'm pretty sure it has a slight lean to the right, I should put my level on it 
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Built4thrashing
Joined: Wed May 21, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 4972 Location: Dandenong .Vic
Vehicle: 1999 GV. Locked and Lifted
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best way to fix this is to replace one of the leaves in the drivers front pack with a slightly thicker one. It still allows for nice flex and fixes the silly annoying lean.
Thats how i fixed mine..
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Bozzy
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:26 am Posts: 47 Location: Brisbane, northside
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thanks for the suggestions
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whincup

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Joined: Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 1588 Location: Gracemere, QLD
Vehicle: '94 suzuki maruti
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are the spring packs different between the sides, or would it be possible to just switch the front left pack and the front right, then rear left and rear right?
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ajsr

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Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 3712 Location: melb
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whincup wrote: are the spring packs different between the sides, or would it be possible to just switch the front left pack and the front right, then rear left and rear right?
thats what I do every so often.
looks ok for a couple of trips
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Built4thrashing
Joined: Wed May 21, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 4972 Location: Dandenong .Vic
Vehicle: 1999 GV. Locked and Lifted
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If ya going to the hassle of swapping packs about then why not do what i did and be done with it?
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suzi-fan-22
Joined: Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:31 am Posts: 499 Location: Ipswich
Vehicle: Sierra Ute '87 Sj70
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Built4thrashing wrote: If ya going to the hassle of swapping packs about then why not do what i did and be done with it?
B4T
where did you get the thicker spring for it? and how much?
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troopy
Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 398 Location: bunbury
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I just put an extra leaf on the drivers side in both front and rear packs and now it sits level even with my 105kg in it
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Built4thrashing
Joined: Wed May 21, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 4972 Location: Dandenong .Vic
Vehicle: 1999 GV. Locked and Lifted
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troopy wrote: I just put an extra leaf on the drivers side in both front and rear packs and now it sits level even with my 105kg in it Man that must be stiff on the drivers side. suzi-fan-22 wrote: where did you get the thicker spring for it? and how much?
different spring makers use different thickness springs in their products. I just collected a few sets of old springs and made my own set. Its the 2nd biggest leaf that is thicker and its the same length as the one on the passenger side.
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