What would cause this? One rear tire closer to wheel well. See pic

Imagine looking from the top view, seems my rear axle is crooked ?
Passenger side has 1/2 inch less clearance to rear of wheel well.
Tried to take this pic to show what I am talking about better...
If in wrong forum, please move.

 

The axle isn't square with the truck. You can loosen the u-bolts and move your axle enough to square it up but then your steering wheel won't be straight to go straight down the road and you'll have to have a front end alignment done to make it right.

 

OK, thanks for clear reply ;-)
Going to the shop tomorrow

 

Alternatively, your bed might not be square to the frame. I feel like I've seen that happen more than the axle not being square to the truck. Check your gaps between your bed and your cab, and bed and bumper.

 

Its tough to tell from the photos but remember that you are measuring against a round surface so height plays a roll as well. The lower down the closer it will be, the higher up the farther. It might be that your back end is not level / on level ground. Is it the same when your tank is full and empty?

 

Betting the bed is crooked more than axle is on m betting, wait till you notice the axle actually sits about 1/2 off the the right. Hopefully your not ocd.

 

Measure from the front leaf spring bolt to the front of the axle on both sides, see which is different.

 

Does it wonder in the rear? If so axle. Most likely bed isn’t straight and it’s been reported numerous times. easy way to check is measure the gap from the bed to cab on both sides and see if the gap is the same.

 

I was really hoping not to ever be that ;-)

I took it to the shop this morning...

I also mentioned it could be the bead as well. Thanks for the replys!

 

Betting the bed wasn't square with the cab either, and you just didn't notice that.

If it's the bed, 6 bolts to loosen, adjust, measure, tighten. Sometimes handy to have 2 folks, so you can work both sides at the same time.

 

8 out of 10 new trucks either the bed is misaligned or the tailgate gap is way off

 

Is that a published number, or are you out there counting them as they come to the dealerships?

 

98% of statistics are made up.

 

At least 47.2% of mine are 78.35% accurate. So there.

 

8 out of 10 people agree

 

Have you installed a lift kit or anything in the rear of the truck? If the bed isn’t the culprit, you may have a broken centering pin on your leaf spring.

 

Yes, the truck has a leveling kit on it

 

Ok, but did you do anything with the rear of the truck? Or was the leveling kit just a front spacer?

Post a link to what kit you installed

 

Maybe the driver side tire is worn down more than the passenger side?

 

Used this kit....AAL for the rear
https://www.bilsteinlifts.com/shop/...-adjustable-3-inch-lift-kit-with-5100-shocks/