axles not centered under body??

[suspectdon]

front axles not centered under body??

I picked up a parts truck over the weekend and when i got it home i compared the location of the axles to the body for both trucks and they are both the same, but they are both shifted to the passenger side. I asked my uncle and he said they came like that from the factory?

Have I been under a rock somewhere and didn't realize that four wheel drive 67-72+ trucks/blazers have the front axles shifted to the passenger side?? by nearly an inch?

-Richard

[DANTES JIMMY]

they always have on 4x4 models so you rear axle doesnt go in the same rut of mud as the front axle
they have always dogtracked

[Torrey72]

I must have been under a rock with you. I never noticed myself.

[suspectdon]

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Perfect! Great commercial.

really its because of mud?
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[vtblazer]

I knew the old trucks were like that too, so when people were telling me that the blazer was dogtracking I always said 'yeah I know' but then a friend said it was "really" bad, so I double checked things.

Turned out I had re-installed one of the rear leafs backwards, which changed the centering pins location.

Not sayin' this is your event but it happens.

[red71cheyenne]

There's another thing I never even knew. Thanks for the heads up!

[1972CST]

I have never noticed the front axle shifted to one side or the other... the front axle does have a wider track width than the rear axle for sure. What reference was used for measurement?