Bent Spring Hangers and X-Factor

[MandK]

After completing a successful winter down south and putting 4000 miles on our trailer, I have decided to put some money into a few upgrades. One of the upgrades I was considering is the Morryde X-Factor crossmember braces. I read up on the X-Factor and yesterday crawled under the rig to have a look. I was disappointed to see the rear axle spring hangers bent about an 1/8” out of vertical. The front hangers and the equalizer hangers are perfectly straight. The suspension all looks good, nothing broken. There are no noises from the suspension when maneuvering. The tpms has shown all of the tires to be within a couple of degrees of each other when running on the interstates. Tread depth gauge shows all tires wearing equally and each tire wearing equally across the face of the tread.
Could this be by design? Did they maybe have to push that one set over to align the springs? Is that even an issue when there is an equalizer involved which I’m guessing has some “ movement” built in? The tops of those two hangers do not appear to be welded any further from the edge of the frame than the others.
Could this have happened from a tight turn? Although I have not had to jack it into any spot in such a way that would have caused this imo, and again, all the other hangers are fine.
Assuming I go forward with the X-Factors, do you think bolting them in would pull the hangers straight? Do I even want to pull them straight, maybe I should shim them so they remain the way they are?
Not sure what to make of this.

Also, does anyone know if the X-Factors will install low enough for the propane pipe to clear?


The pictures look as though the ods shackle is bent more than the ds shackle, it’s just the angle, I checked them with a level and square, they both are off an 1/8”- 3/16”. Thanks in advance.