changing the dimention of the base link moved the robot upward from the ground

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I have a mobile robot "husky" I have the following things in a urdf file:

    <!-- Size of the base-->
<property name="base_x_size" value="0.98740000" /> 
<property name="base_y_size" value="0.57090000" /> 
<property name="base_z_size" value="0.24750000" />

In the same urdf file I have this information related to the base link:

<link name="base_link">
    <inertial>
        <mass value="${base_mass}" />
        <!--This is the pose of the inertial reference frame, relative to the link reference frame. The origin of the inertial reference frame needs to be at the center of gravity. The axes of the inertial reference frame do not need to be aligned with the principal axes of the inertia.-->
        <origin xyz="${base_x_com} ${base_y_com} ${base_z_com}" />
        <!--The 3x3 rotational inertia matrix. Because the rotational inertia matrix is symmetric, only 6 above-diagonal elements of this matrix are specified here, using the attributes ixx, ixy, ixz, iyy, iyz, izz.-->
        <inertia ixx="${base_ixx_com_cs}" ixy="${base_ixy_com_cs}" ixz="${base_ixz_com_cs}"
            iyy="${base_iyy_com_cs}" iyz="${base_iyz_com_cs}" izz="${base_izz_com_cs}" /> 
    </inertial>

    <visual>
        <origin xyz="0 0 0" rpy="0 0 0" />
        <geometry>
            <mesh filename="package://husky_description/meshes/base_test.stl" />
        </geometry>
        <material name="Black" />
    </visual>

    <collision name="colloision">
        <origin xyz="0 0 ${wheel_x_size/2 - base_z_origin_to_wheel_origin - 0.02}" rpy="0 0 0 " />
        <geometry>
            <box size = "${base_x_size+0.02} ${base_y_size} ${base_z_size + 0.02}"/>
            <!--making it slightly bigger in x and z direction-->
        </geometry>
        <max_contacts>10</max_contacts>

    </collision>     
</link>

I changed in the stl file the dimension of the base_link there fore I have to change in the urdf file the following

 <property name="base_z_size" value="1.24750000" />

The problem is that the mobile robot now is flying by 1 meter above the ground.

how can I change the dimension of the base_link and keep the mobile robot in the ground