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Mustang Leans to left...Suspension?

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  • Start date Start date Apr 14, 2012

97GTSTANG

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The car veers to the left while driving and leans to the left when you are looking at it from the front. The suspension is not very smooth, not sure if its the springs or the shocks/struts? Any suggestions? They are aftermarket but have had them ont here for 6 years.

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AZmustang98

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Are you sure that the ends of the springs are in the correct position? With the end of the springs fully seated in the pocket?
 

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Inspect your strut towers, Control arm bushings, and springs. somthings causing your caster or camber to be off. hence the pulling to left side.
 

97GTSTANG

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this "leaning" just started to happen recently, (approx 5months) before that, the car was straight. Even when i took it to get alignment, the tech told me there is something wrong with the suspension somehow because the alignment didnt straigten up the car.
 
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darkside03gt

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Look at your lower control arm bushings, strut mounts and your springs. Those are the only things that would cuase something like that.

I would bet that either your strut mounts are blown out or one of your springs is sagging.
 

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You may have had a coil spring snap. Get the car on jackstands and carefully inspect the springs at each corner, especially down in the pockets of the front control arms.
 
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