Does anyone know if bad front sway bar link bushings on the passenger side could/would cause the driver's side to sag?
I have a 2000 Expedition EB 5.4L 4x4 that is 1" lower at the front driver corner. Up until recently I thought it was because of a faulty air ride suspension system, but I just did a conversion kit from air suspension back to coils and it still leans (but at least the rear isn't sagging and I don't have to listen to compressors going all the time). I don't see much of a change regardless of whether or not I'm carrying a heavy load. I only weight 125 so I take offense to my car making it look like the driver is heavy enough to throw off the center of gravity on a 6000 lb. vehicle. When parked straight on a level surface, driver-side front is visually lower, driver-side rear also lower but not as pronounced.
I visually checked the front sway bar link bushings on both sides, as far as I can tell the driver-side ones are FINE, it's the passenger side ones that look torn and about to fall off. So the big question is, does anyone know if bad front sway bar link bushings on the passenger side could/would cause the driver's side to sag?
I don't really hear any noises when driving or turning, but there is a weird feel when steering hard to the LEFT at slow speeds like when parking, it feels as if I'm going over bumps that aren't there. I have had the steering system checked and it's not that. I am kinda hoping that it is these inexpensive bushings since I just spent $750 to convert to springs hoping that would finally even out my car but it's still leaning sideways. If nothing else I'll have the passenger-side bushings replaced at my next oil change in 1000 miles and hope for the best. I drive conservatively trying to get at least 12 MPG city (lol) and mostly drive in the suburbs under 55 MPH, so I'm not overly concerned with this but it is visually annoying for sure. I've only had the car for 3000 miles so I'm not sure how long it has been leaning like this.
Thanks!
I have a 2000 Expedition EB 5.4L 4x4 that is 1" lower at the front driver corner. Up until recently I thought it was because of a faulty air ride suspension system, but I just did a conversion kit from air suspension back to coils and it still leans (but at least the rear isn't sagging and I don't have to listen to compressors going all the time). I don't see much of a change regardless of whether or not I'm carrying a heavy load. I only weight 125 so I take offense to my car making it look like the driver is heavy enough to throw off the center of gravity on a 6000 lb. vehicle. When parked straight on a level surface, driver-side front is visually lower, driver-side rear also lower but not as pronounced.
I visually checked the front sway bar link bushings on both sides, as far as I can tell the driver-side ones are FINE, it's the passenger side ones that look torn and about to fall off. So the big question is, does anyone know if bad front sway bar link bushings on the passenger side could/would cause the driver's side to sag?
I don't really hear any noises when driving or turning, but there is a weird feel when steering hard to the LEFT at slow speeds like when parking, it feels as if I'm going over bumps that aren't there. I have had the steering system checked and it's not that. I am kinda hoping that it is these inexpensive bushings since I just spent $750 to convert to springs hoping that would finally even out my car but it's still leaning sideways. If nothing else I'll have the passenger-side bushings replaced at my next oil change in 1000 miles and hope for the best. I drive conservatively trying to get at least 12 MPG city (lol) and mostly drive in the suburbs under 55 MPH, so I'm not overly concerned with this but it is visually annoying for sure. I've only had the car for 3000 miles so I'm not sure how long it has been leaning like this.
Thanks!
