why does my X sit lower on the drivers side??

[dondiesel444]

I remember seeing an old post about this, but from the rear my X is noticibly lower on the drivers side, I first noticed this at the muffler shop after the X was off the lift and we where looking tho see if the dual tailpipes were straight. Is there a fix for this?? I wanna eventually get shackles and do the TT< but I know thats not gonna fix the drivers side sag, only make it more noticable. Please Help!!

 

[4.0SOHC]

couple of ?'s
how many miles do you have on it?
Are you a large guy (not being mean)
have you taken it off road
and are all your tires inflated the same?

 

[jimbo74]

in general...there is always a driver and not always passengers..... and the gas tank is on the same side also

 

[Alec]

This is normal on Explorers. You can try evening it out by adjusting the torsion bars. I think if you loosen the passenger torsion bar bolt, this will lower that front passenger side a bit, bringing the rear driver side up a bit. I think this is the way to do it.

 

[Mbrooks420]

Its caused by the continous wieght of the gas tank. You could swap leaf springs. There was a post about. Use a search

 

[Robert]

Measure the height difference from an empty tank to a full tank. If your results are like mine, the difference will be about 1/8".

Alec was right as far as what Ford will do to fix it. They will lower the passenger side torsion bar to bring the driver's side rear up.

 

[dondiesel444]

thanks for the responses. To answer a couple of questions, I am not sure what you consider a big guy, but it's actually my wifes X and we only got it last January, it has 89,000 miles on it, and although I never took it oof-road who knows about the previous owner. I plan on doing the TT twist in the future, so I don't wanna lower the pass. side torsion bar. I guess we can live with it for now, maybe a leaf spring swap is somewhere in the future.