I installed Rancho dual steering stabilizers on my 92 f150. Now when I turn the steering wheel it's making the whining noise. Usually it would only make that noise when I would take it all the way to the stops which I would try not to do. Are the stabilizers putting too much stress on the pump? They are supposed to be universal for f-150 or f-250 and came with different size u-bolts and instructions for both. I followed the installation instructions and used the correct parts. Anyone have any experience, ideas, or thoughts? Thanks.

 

Sounds as though they are the straw that broke the camels back.

It sounds w the added stress of the tires and the dual stabalizers, you pump is against the pressure relief

FYI you dont need steering stabalizers

 

They help with the i beams trucks i heard. Since they like to snake down the road. I was about to get one for my truck, a single though.

 

Never had one on any of my ford trucks and i have run as large as a 37" tire. And never had any issues.

If you think you need a stabalizer, you need to look at something else, they are just a band aid

 

It steers fine and has lost that floaty feel from the bigger tires. It feels better like you have more positive control. It was a pre-emptive strike for death wobble. I got the duals because the price was not much more than the single.

 

Did you check to see that the stabilizers don't bottom out before you run out of turning room?

 

Yes I checked. I set them at what the instructions said (4.5 inches I think and then torqued down the u-bolts. I ran them from stop to stop basically until my tires hit the radius arms. Tires are 32x11.50R LT.

 

Take one off and see if it still does it?

 

Your adding a ton of stress to your steering gear. I would look at balance issues. Look into Equal.

 

If you use that stuff, spin the tire on a balancer first, and add however much wt the balancer says it needs. I've gone by the charts you can find everywhere with poor results.