Ya, its come down when I have replaced the tires on the truck or had them rotated.You have lowered it and lubed up the system a time or two in those 14 years correct? If not you may want to give that a try before you need it. If it's anything like the GM one your going to have to cut the cable to get the tire out and replace the pulley system if you haven't. With all the road grim they would lock up pretty bad.