Hi everyone;

I'm replacing my stock steering stabilizer and am seeing that most vendors in addition to the stock stabilizer location, also sell dual units that mount higher, directly in front of the track bar (not quite sure of that term, but you all probably know what I mean).

These dual units with opposing shocks look good, but I'm wondering if they are functional; do they do a better job at stifling road&tire vibration and kickback from bumps, etc.? The power steering on my truck has always been marginal at best, and I'm wondering if overcoming two shocks might just be too much.

FYI, my 4x4 is a highway queen, so I don't strictly need it.

Advice??

 

Depends. I don't think the hydrailic shocked units do much.


But, running dual nitrogen charged shocks (i.e. Donahoe Racing shocks, Kings) definately smooths out the steering and reduces the amount of kickback felt through the wheel while going over bumps, etc.

I was pretty surprised at the difference I felt when I pulled off my old hydraulic stabilizers and put the Donahoe Racing ones on.

 

I have a set of dual steering stabilizers and the steering control, response, and feel was night and day compared to the single stabilizer

 

so here's another question. I looked at the install instructions for the DR unit (wow, a lot of $$). Their installation requires that you remove the ubolt nuts on both sides and insert a mount.

I'd always heard that if you loosen the ubolt, you should always replace it because it stretches or something. Could be a load of BS I guess. Should I replace my ubolts if the shock kit has me loosen the nuts?

Thanks for your comments.

Mike

 

Hey DCSpecial -

Do you know if any of the higher-end manufactures (king, bilstein, etc.) make a nitrogen charged steering stabilizer that fits in the factory location?

If they had one, I'd probably buy A DR shock that goes in the stock location...