Rear air suspension

Guess I must.

 

What's the difference between flat and super flat? LOL

 

less than 1/4". HA

 

No one said less than.

 

I know, I was being silly, but was thinking if the surface is NOT less than 1/4" flat and your seeing and bothered by 1/2", then that could be the difference.

Ill measure mine next time I get a few mins and see, it looks even to me.

How and where did you measure exactly?

 

Lol yeah that's true.

Center of wheel to the fender.

 

Maybe due to a plastic bucket for a box, you are actually measuring body flex. I would be more inclined to measure the gap of the bump stop to axle when at N...

 

Fair point.

 

I have an unused 3" readylift kit for way cheaper than retail if anyone is interested. I going with 2" instead.

 

I tried, in vain, to get the airbags even on my old Plat. Sequoia, after adding a level kit, and it drove me insane. Never got it evened out. Only reason I could find for independent adjustment without independent results is to get firmness matched, side to side. Higher rear = firmer ride, aka rode like a buck board wagon with pucks up front and airbags all the way up (one adjuster was higher than the other to even out the wonky jounce on mine). It was explained to me that the pump is on the driver’s side and with the shorter run of hose on that side builds up more interference (from condensation etc, for lack of a better term) and frictional resistance over time and not as much air makes it into that side, hence driver’s side lean. Supposedly, you could rebuild the connections with new o-rings and get back closer to even. You guys with new air bag systems with the lean makes me think that hypothesis I was given wasn’t correct.

 

I don't have air but I did raise the rear up by 1" with the Westcott spacers. I did notice that the rear axle shifted over to the drivers side. It turns out to be the panhard bar that creates an arc from the mounting points and as the rear goes up, the rear axle moves towards the drivers side. I noticed this as my driver side tire sticks out further. It does correct itself as the load in the truck increases. I have about 450 lbs over the back of the truck most of the time.

Imagine that the axle is moving side to side as the air bags go up and down.

I know this might not be related to the brackets and "N" position but if you are changing the height, you should look at the geometry of the suspension and you will notice the axle is being pulled to the drivers side. Then consider what this will do the road manners of the truck and tire tracking. There are some panhard bar adjustment and relocation kits to help this out like OME etc...