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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 06:45 PM
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Strange left front leaf spring issue

I swapped out my front leaf springs on my '96 F350 crew 4x4 last summer for some 2" lift springs, and after 8 months noticed left side about a half inch lower than right.(measured from center of hub to wheel arch) Called up supplier, they said it sounded like a faulty spring so they sent me a new one. Swapped the springs, and lo-and-behold, spring #2 is as bad as the first. You can see that the spring is flatter than the one on the passenger side. So my question is this; is the left side of the truck that much heavier?
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 06:48 PM
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Drive alone most of the time? Just a couple hundred pounds can cause this.
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 06:53 PM
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Yeah I'm almost always alone, but it's only been a few days with the new spring. The cab mount bushings don't look great, but they look equally not great left and right so I didn't think they could be causing this.
 
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