Leaning

[Babyburr]

At first I thought it was my imagination but at closer look, my 2005 is a little lower on the right side. Any ideas why? Coil spring? Shock absorber? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[04TC]

Mine is like that too, I always assumed the first owner often carried cargo on the right side or someone really really heavy was always sitting on the right

But when I got the air springs replaced (EDIT: with new coil springs) it still leaned in the same way

 

[Babyburr]

Well, it may be a worn out body mount. Gonna check that out.

 

[oktowncar]

Front or rear?

Could be worn suspension parts, bad shocks, Airbag ( if rear )

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[Action]

Shock absorbers DO NOT impact or change ride height. The exception would be air shocks or any shocks with springs.

Could also be something heavy on one side of the vehicle.

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[Blueox]

My current and previous 2005 Town Car have/had this problem. I put new bags in the real of the first one and have the suspension checked. Everything was fine, but it still sagged a bit. Could be something inherent in the design.

 

[Jryan]

2004 Factory Service manual quantifies "a little" by indicating 0.5" difference in ride height LH vs RH is permissible as spec. Happened across this when looking for other info in the book and thought it was interesting...

 

[Babyburr]

2004 Factory Service manual quantifies "a little" by indicating 0.5" difference in ride height LH vs RH is permissible as spec. Happened across this when looking for other info in the book and thought it was interesting...

I’ve just been going on looks. I’ll get a measurement and see how much lower it is. There is no noticeable noise and car drives perfectly down the road. Weird!

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[Action]

If you are going to measure, do that at the frame behind the front wheels and in front of the rear wheels. This will tell you IF the vehicle is actually not level or if the vehicle body is not level. Based on your comment of how it drives, one might conclude the suspension* is good, the body or sheet metal not so much.
*Suspension holds up the frame to the driving surface. The body is bolted to the frame.

Measuring from sheet metal or a trim piece is just not accurate at all. (Which may be the issue) Those pieces bolt on and can be adjusted to some degree.
The frame may be level and the body not so much. Which means an adjustment could be made. If you want to go to the expense.

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[Babyburr]

If you are going to measure, do that at the frame behind the front wheels and in front of the rear wheels. This will tell you IF the vehicle is actually not level or if the vehicle body is not level. Based on your comment of how it drives, one might conclude the suspension* is good, the body or sheet metal not so much.
*Suspension holds up the frame to the driving surface. The body is bolted to the frame.

Measuring from sheet metal or a trim piece is just not accurate at all. (Which may be the issue) Those pieces bolt on and can be adjusted to some degree.
The frame may be level and the body not so much. Which means an adjustment could be made. If you want to go to the expense.

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So, would that be body mounts breaking down? If so, is that a high dollar endeavor?

 

[Action]

Without measuring, it is just guessing. If you want to guess, then yes. But which one? And it could be something else.
So you are guessing the end game without diagnosis. Not a good move. Confirm the issue first!

Cost for body mount replacement is mostly labor. Labor varies around the country. And considering I do my own work, I have no clue.

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[Babyburr]

Well, I got too old to wrench anymore. I used to do all my mechanical stuff.

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[Action]

Then you are calling around to get estimates.
Or live with it.

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[oktowncar]

The hardest part about doing body mounts is the rust that usually accumulates in the no man lands