dodge IFS question

[jeff788]

Hey all,
I have a dumb question for you all. My buddy has a '91 Dakota. The front end is tilted to the driver side by an inch or two. I haven't had a chance to take a good look at it, but I'm not sure how his IFS works. (I don't know a whole lot about IFS, just solid axles.) I was expecting either a coil spring in the A-arm, or maybe a strut. All I could see was a shock. I couldn't find springs anywhere (and no, that is how the stock setup is, the springs haven't just fallen out or something). So my question is: what is up with this IFS setup, how does it work, where are the springs? Secondly, what could be causing it to "lean"? maybe a blown shock??? Why can't everything just have solid axles???

 

[mbryson]

I'm fairly confident those are a torsion bar setup like on IFS Chevs......

Leaning could be caused by anything, but I'd check to see if the torsion bar is still in tact on the end or loose. Other than that it should be fairly obvious if an A-arm or whatever is Fu-bared.......

 

[chadbuckner]

I had the same problem with my Toyota IFS and just cranked the leaning torsion bar side up and now it sits level thats my temporary fix untill I get the SAS done.