So when I'm sitting on level ground, the entire drivers side is leaning 1"inch in the front and 1-1/4" in the rear measured from the ground to the bottom of the wheel well straight up aligned with the axles.
But are the bottoms of the wheel wells perfectly consistent? Are they cut, or original sheet metal?
When laying a 4 foot level across the rear bumper I have to raise the left side of the level about a inch to get level. This part seems weird to me because the bumper is attached to the frame.
Yeah, but it's a 50 year old frame. And not only do frames bend, and tweak just from use and abuse and maybe even a hit or three, but they may not always have been perfect as delivered from the factory.
They were pretty good though, all things considered (and aside from the ugly welds!) but not always perfect.
Then there's your interpretation of when a bubble is level. Unless this is a digital readout level, it's not going to be as accurate as your tape measure under the frame and axle.
"So which direction relative to your previous measurements is it leaning? You said the rear was 11.25" between the axle and frame. Is it 11.25 plus the 1.25, or minus the 1.25?"
A lean is a lean, but it might still help to know where you sit overall.
Above is what I measured to the bottom of the frame from the top of the axles. I'm not sure how those dimensions can be pretty even and the body is leaning to one side.
Stop measuring the body for a moment and just measure the frame and axles. You're looking for suspension lean at the moment and I'm not sure I'm understanding what you're saying.
By that other question I asked I was wondering which side was leaning down and you did not say the lean was up, or down from your measurements.
You're now saying it's to the driver's side, but not where each side comes in on a tape measure.
So what I'm gathering now is that your frame and suspension are fairly level and your body is leaning? Nothing odd about that, and nothing to do with the suspension at all then.
If your body is leaning and your frame is not, then your body mounts are crooked, sagged, bent, or broken. Simple as that.
I'm losing sleep trying to figure this out. Is there any other measurements I can take of should I swap the front springs and see what happens?
Yes, please supply four discrete measurements. Front axle driver and passenger side, rear axle driver and passenger side.
Measure again between the top of the axle tubes to the bottom of the frame rails at all four corners, and let us know what those are. Ignore the body for the time being and lets just concentrate on the suspension.
Then for the body, don't take any measurements yet, but post up some pictures of the tailgate and the grille the full width across.
You said you have a new-ish 1" body lift, so all the cushions at least should be equal in height. If your body lines under the tailgate and grille are evenly spaced across compared to the frame, then we're back to the suspension.
Once we see all four corner's heights, we might see some clues.
Paul
