My silverado front two tires are not equal

ABT15-1500 · December 25, 2019

Chevrolet silverado 2017 1500 crew cab

My truck was lifted 4inch from pro comp, 2 years ago someone slammed into me on the drivers side and got everything fixed with no issues at all. Last month decided to got for a baja kit mid travel kit with king 3.0 and that is when all the problems started. To do the swap i had to weld on a new cross member and buy a couple of other factory parts to fit the kit which i did. Since than the car has not been the same, after a week my differential gears and 4x4 broke ( was driving very harshly tho), also got the car aligned at a couple of shops and still every time i turn the 4 wheel drive on the steering wheel rattles and pulls to the right also a week after the bushing for the left upper control arm got damaged and the wheel/tire was shaking. i got a set of 37's and the guys at the shop told me that the right tire fits no problem however the left one was rubbing bad from the inner fender and you cant turn a full left turn, they took the measurements of the right and left wheel/tire position and informed me that the front left tire is 2inch behind the front right tire and this might be a chassis issue. called the shop that fixed my car when i got into an accident to double check and he said we did not see any damages or dents on the frame/chassis of the car. I will go to body shop later today to get it checked out but would be great if i could get help from you guys on where i should look. i am from the middle east, we have good workshops and mechanics but i have been running around from shop to shop and non of them could diagnose or resolve the issue. Would be great if you guys can help me list everything that might cause the left tires to be 2 inches off and i will go through all of them till i can diagnose and fix the issue. i love my truck so much and would never even think about selling it. saved up for a long time to get the mid travel kit and never really was able to enjoy it.

mikedeezxxx · December 25, 2019

Chevrolet silverado 2017 1500 crew cab

My truck was lifted 4inch from pro comp, 2 years ago someone slammed into me on the drivers side and got everything fixed with no issues at all. Last month decided to got for a baja kit mid travel kit with king 3.0 and that is when all the problems started. To do the swap i had to weld on a new cross member and buy a couple of other factory parts to fit the kit which i did. Since than the car has not been the same, after a week my differential gears and 4x4 broke ( was driving very harshly tho), also got the car aligned at a couple of shops and still every time i turn the 4 wheel drive on the steering wheel rattles and pulls to the right also a week after the bushing for the left upper control arm got damaged and the wheel/tire was shaking. i got a set of 37's and the guys at the shop told me that the right tire fits no problem however the left one was rubbing bad from the inner fender and you cant turn a full left turn, they took the measurements of the right and left wheel/tire position and informed me that the front left tire is 2inch behind the front right tire and this might be a chassis issue. called the shop that fixed my car when i got into an accident to double check and he said we did not see any damages or dents on the frame/chassis of the car. I will go to body shop later today to get it checked out but would be great if i could get help from you guys on where i should look. i am from the middle east, we have good workshops and mechanics but i have been running around from shop to shop and non of them could diagnose or resolve the issue. Would be great if you guys can help me list everything that might cause the left tires to be 2 inches off and i will go through all of them till i can diagnose and fix the issue. i love my truck so much and would never even think about selling it. saved up for a long time to get the mid travel kit and never really was able to enjoy it.

Sounds like you have frame damage. It doesn’t take too much force to move the frame on these trucks. Unfortunately, you modified the frame by adding that new cross member. If you went through your insurance to get the previous damage fixed, they will prob deny another claim because of the new cross member. It’s with a try with your insurance company. And probably go to a different collision shop for frame damage opinion. They have set points on the frame that they can measure to see if frame is off. Good luck.

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Silverado4x4 · December 25, 2019

As said it sounds like your frame is out of square left side is pushed back I bet your rear axle is the same. Any good frame shop can do a frame pull to square it back up to specs.

ABT15-1500 · December 26, 2019

Hopefully it’s fixable, the shop that worked on the truck don’t fix frames but they told me that when the steering wheel is straight they measured the from the rear of the two front tires to the fenders. Right was 6.5in left was 8.5in. On my way to the another shop who are specialised in fixing frames, really hope they’ll get it right. Keep me in your prayers hahaha.

Appreciate your replies.

davester · December 26, 2019

maybe do a second measurement, the wheelbase on each side. If it's roughly the same, then the frame may be diamonded, if one side is 2" closer than the other, then more likely one corner is damaged (corner of frame is bent, or mounts are bent, or control arms/bushings are damaged, etc...)