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Old 09-20-2017, 07:45 PM   #1
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65 chevy c10 rear coil spring

i installed new rear coil springs and trailing arm bushings with tracking arm rear end is offcentered by 1/2 anyone have any ideas why? adjustable tracking arm i see my only fix
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Old 09-20-2017, 08:46 PM   #2
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Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring

Check you track arm bushings
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Old 09-21-2017, 02:40 AM   #3
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Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring

Did you get lowering springs or are they stock height ?
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Old 09-21-2017, 08:33 AM   #4
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Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring

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Check you track arm bushings
old tracking arm was bent, so i replaced it with new tracking arm and new bushings im kind of wondering far fetched but if bracket is bent 1/2 seems like alot though
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Did you get lowering springs or are they stock height ?
it is stock height
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Old 09-21-2017, 08:45 AM   #6
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Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring

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Check you track arm bushings
i read on a forum somewhere that there tracking arm length was 24 inches center to center on there 64-66 chevy truck , mine is 23 1/2, there would be my 1/2 but doesnt make sense bought new from lmc truck
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Old 09-21-2017, 01:17 PM   #7
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Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring

Is the truck complete or going together? Reason I ask is if all the weight is no on it it will be off to one side. Also it it is only a 1/4" off on the length. Mine was off a bit to one side with no load in the truck but when I used it as a truck it was pretty centered. Now that is has been lowered and has the long track bar on it it changes very little between unloaded and a bed full of mulch.
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Is the truck complete or going together? Reason I ask is if all the weight is no on it it will be off to one side. Also it it is only a 1/4" off on the length. Mine was off a bit to one side with no load in the truck but when I used it as a truck it was pretty centered. Now that is has been lowered and has the long track bar on it it changes very little between unloaded and a bed full of mulch.
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its stock hieght, its off 1/2 , 1 inch to one side. i have the bed on it . ive had truck for years, have drove it quite a bit cant tell with handling of it, just noticeable when you really look. it cant be right. has to be in tracking arm i figure, somehow, too short bent bracket or stud
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Old 09-23-2017, 10:37 PM   #9
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Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring

thanks for ideas ,i figured out why my rear end was off so bad , may sound kind of dumb but as i was asked about stock height, im thinking it is , but today it dawned on me, i added rear air shocks when i installed new trailing arm bushings and tracking arm i let air out of shocks to almost nothing and it is within 1/4 i think ill go back to set of gas shocks
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Re: 65 chevy c10 rear coil spring

The short track bars move the rear a good bit as they travel. That is greatly improved with the long bars. As an added bonus it lowers the roll center to improve the handling.
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