[boarder923]

Would there be any reason besides previous owner stupidity to have a small wheel spacer on only the front right?
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[ltr450man]

Um... haha

The previous owner must have been a very special person...

 

[Just Another Cummins]

Untrue, some of the second gen trucks actually came with a spacer on one side so the wheels sat center side to side. With the track bar holding the axle, even the slightest little difference in track bar brackets, or track bar length with actually affect the centering of the truck over the axle.

There for Dodge used the size spacer they needed to make the truck sit perfectly center over the front tires.

 

[pleonard35]

Funny I was just getting ready to post this same question . So if you took the spaced out would it affect the trac bar ? More or less stress on it ?

 

[owens1369]

Mine is the same way only has one on the passenger side

 

[Just Another Cummins]

Has no affect on track bar, just makes your front track width a little bit off center, maybe 1/4" at most

 

[illflem]

There were three different widths of spacers used on the 12 valves in a failed attempt to correct pull to one side.
The spacer can be on either side.
Often the spacers get stuck to a rim and moved to another corner in a tire rotation.
They may end up on the back.
Bottom line is it doesn't matter where they are, they make no difference.

 

[jnicewan]

I have one on the RF, maybe 1/4' thick or a little less. I figured it was dodges cheap way to center the tires instead of making changes to the track bar or bracket. I dont know if all 4x4's had the same ride height or springs in the front but a truck sitting higher could use a spacer in the RF to make the wheels/tires look centered again, maybe they used these on the trucks that had the higher stance???

 

[whitlers]

Mines on the front right aswell. And you are right, they threw it on there as an easy fix. I took mine off after I did my ball joints, track bar and tire rod ends. no longer needed.