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Old Jul 7, 2019 | 10:48 PM
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Front axle not centered

Was driving through a Ford lot today and stopped and looked at the two F350s they had in the lot. I noticed on both trucks the front axle was shorted to the drivers side slightly. I didn't measure them but it was enough that I could tell when looking at the truck from the front. Is this normal or is something going on with these two trucks? I thought the access would only get off center if you lifted the front and stuck with the factory trac bar.
 
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There's a range of front springs available in SDs. They are different heights. Different heights = different amount of axle offset. It's just how the geometry of a solid front axle suspension with a track bar setup works.

Perfectly normal.
 
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