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07 Apr 2023 16:10 - 07 Apr 2023 16:14 #248425 by mag

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Hi all , this is going to sound dumb !!

standard 04 jimny , no lift , the rear drivers side appears to sit 3cm lower than passenger side ( measured from bottom of wheel arch lip )
and the right hand rear wheel appears to have moved a few cm to the left ! top of the wheel appears to be further in than the bottom.

Nothing obvious appears broken , snapped or bent , any ideas what to look at in greater detail

Drives fine by the way !!

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07 Apr 2023 17:53 #248428 by Scimike

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If you can jack the body up so that it lifts the vehicle and extends the rear suspension. This involves jacking from the bodywork/ chassis, so please be careful if you get underneath. Once it's lifted have a good look at each spring and axle / body mounts for damage. Check the spring ends for missing coils or cracks etc.
ITS possible the Jimny has a natural lean, but ours is perfectly level so not sure why some report this. So my suggestion is based on looking for damage rather than if a lean is correct or not.

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07 Apr 2023 19:08 #248429 by Lambert

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Tend to agree with the above, 30mm is a lot for there not to be a snapped coil spring.

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08 Apr 2023 08:43 #248433 by jackonlyjack

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Does it have the standard pan hard rod ?
check the upper spring mounting points
also pan hard mounting point at chassis end and the U channel diagonal from
pan hard up to chassis cross member

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