Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I have a 82 mq swb with 31x10.5x15 tryes, if you look down the side of the vehicle from behind the tyres on the lefthand side protude past the guards (front and back) by 30mm, while the righthand side is only about half that distance. i have checked the distance with a straight edge to the hubs on all wheels and they are the same distance, I also checked the distance from the ubolts on the diffs to the brake drums and that distance is the same, so I dont have any offset rims or out of alignment diff housings. All the tyres are the same brand and size and all fitted at the same time. It looks really weird and I was hoping someone may be able to advise me about how to fix this.

thanks and hop to hear from you all

what sized lift do you have?
Bent panhard rod? or just out of adjustment?

no panhards on a mq.

jav wrote:no panhards on a mq.

yea? fuk, learn somethin everyday

what about body on chassis alingment,

are they nissan or toyota rims due tue yota rims are wider

cheers adam

adam penfold wrote:are they nissan or toyota rims due tue yota rims are wider

cheers adam

hi adam I dont knoew there does not seem to be any numbers on them or any writting at all

have ur u bolts come undone and moved 1 way iv seen this happen in a cruiser

ozy1 wrote:what about body on chassis alingment,

hi ozy 1 how can i check the body alignment, I thought that if the springs where an equal distance on both sides then the body would line up through the shackle ponits connecting the body to the springs

have ur u bolts come undone and moved 1 way iv seen this happen in a cruiser

cheers adam

adam penfold wrote:have ur u bolts come undone and moved 1 way iv seen this happen in a cruiser

Adam I measured the distance from the ubolts to the brake backing plates and it is equal on all wheels

umm has it got a lift are ur shackles bent or springs twisted

adam penfold wrote:umm has it got a lift are ur shackles bent or springs twisted

no lift and everything seems straight that i can see

do u do any seriourse driving has it been crashed or maybe 2 rims are diff offset coz toyota 7's are = 2 a nissan 8 inch wide rim

easyes way 2 tel ifur rims are yota it will have a deep dish and nissan have a shallow

adam penfold wrote:easyes way 2 tel ifur rims are yota it will have a deep dish and nissan have a shallow

thanks for you help Adam I will check it out tomorrow and see what I come up with

approximate sizes. If you have 30mm one side n 15mm other the cabs only 8mm ofset one way thats not much between body mount miss-alignment and suspension movement I'd put flares on it n not worry to much, aslong as the mq mech sound

raycmq wrote:

adam penfold wrote:easyes way 2 tel ifur rims are yota it will have a deep dish and nissan have a shallow

thanks for you help Adam I will check it out tomorrow and see what I come up with

ur welcome mate

howed ya go buddy

adam penfold wrote:howed ya go buddy

Hi Adam I checked the wheels and they are all the same, I checked the body alignment with the chassis, same on both sides front and rear, checked the ubolts and distances to the backing plates,all equal. The only other thing that I have not had a look at is a broken main leaf in the front righthand leafspring ( she sags abit on the rh side ) maybe that is causing the left side to protrude more because the tyre is further away from the top of the wheel arch. I cant think of any other thing that it might be all the measurements come up equal


Ray

i think that might b ur problem

adam penfold wrote:i think that might b ur problem

i will investigate further and see what i come up with

thank you and everyone else for your suggestions


Ray

i got somegreat ideas for a 15 year old part time labourer

raycmq wrote:The only other thing that I have not had a look at is a broken main leaf in the front righthand leafspring


Ray

yeah those little bits of info sometimes help. A broken spring will of course throw a lot of things out of alignment and be dangerous. Also sagged springs will cause this too. How long has the spring been broken? Do you know how it was broken, is anything else busted too?

grimbo wrote:

raycmq wrote:The only other thing that I have not had a look at is a broken main leaf in the front righthand leafspring


Ray

yeah those little bits of info sometimes help. A broken spring will of course throw a lot of things out of alignment and be dangerous. Also sagged springs will cause this too. How long has the spring been broken? Do you know how it was broken, is anything else busted too?

hey grimbo, It dont look like the spring is broken but the right side is sagging a little bit i think thats the cause ( musta been some big mutha in the drivers seat)

my bro inlaw is skinny and his sagged 2 the right

ever thought u might have a twisted chassie is none of the above are the problem

bogged wrote:

jav wrote:no panhards on a mq.

yea? fuk, learn somethin everyday

leaf springs stop side to side movement in that suspension design