'01 Ex Sport - LR "sags" - what's the issue?

[Spoontoad]

I have a 2001 Exp Sport 4.0 (made 7/00 to 10/00 if that matters). I noticed that the left rear (LR) of the body "sags" a bit. I've inspected all the shock, sway bars, torsion bars, body mounts, etc. I even had a friend look at them who knows suspension. There is nothing obvious that is wrong. Are we missing something? I was thinking of replacing the shocks & struts, but I'm not sure that is the problem. I did replace the sway bar end links and tie rod ends (outer) and noticed that one of the swing arms didnt "lower" as much as the other side when I jacked it up in the center front when doing a front brake job.

Someone else mentioned that maybe the torsion bars aren't adjust right. It has 163K on it if that makes a difference. I just got it not to long ago but there is no service history on it. Trying to give as much information as I have, but feel free to ask me questions to help aid this issue. The previous owner said it was always like that since she bought it but she didnt have it looked at... well her ex anyways....

 

[Joe Dirt]

2 things:

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=303195

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=292933


Also- if you have mono-leafs on the rear, it compounds the issue vs. multi-leaf packs...

 

[Spoontoad]

Thank you very much! I was leaning towards the torsion bars but thought I'd run it past here first. I didnt find it in the search. Anyways, I will look into that 1st

 

[Joe Dirt]

Tip- try the google search bar below the banner vs. the forum search tab, it's a lot better...

 

[Spoontoad]

Thanks for the search tip. Also, it is multi-leaf springs on the rear