Rear end location wrong? IM STUMPED!!!

jrlhayton said
I have a 70 dodge dart swing that I'm in the process of converting to a BIG block. I've installed (Hotchkis- a-body Geometry Corrected leaf springs) with the 1" lowering into the car. Has disk brakes in rear from SSBC-USA. Didn't change any thing other then the leaf springs. Got everything bolted up and now the issue. My Left rear tire is about 1/16" from fender lip and right rear tire is about 3/4" from fender lip. Tire size is p245/60r14. I Loosened up everything took the weight off the leaf spring and moved the spring shackle hanger on driver side inward a bit and passenger side outward a bit and tightened everything back up and only gained about a 1/16" on both sides.
Does anyone on here have any ideas to what might be the issue?
Also, the springs I took out were factory and didn't have any tire clearance issues!

Thanks in advance

Did you measure anything before you changed the springs out? Just because the tires weren't hitting anything before doesn't mean that the rear axle was centered.

If it was centered before, then your shift to one side has to be coming from the new parts you installed somewhere. When you loosened everything up to shift the shackles, did that include loosening the u-bolts? The button on the springs may be smaller than the holes in the spring perches, so it could be that the axle housing is shifted on the springs.

AJ/FormS said
Ok but what keeps the axles from sliding right out of the tubes.

Just a plain plate, same as the one on the opposite side of the adjuster when you have the tapered bearings. There's no end play adjustment on the green bearing set up.