Bilstein steering stabilizer installed
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Side question - my new purchase F250 has one of those stabilizers and I do have popping sound even on flat driving that I can not find source for. Have new sway bar links, bushings look good, lifted whole front and found to play anywhere, so how can I test this stabilizer for making the noise on the road?
BTW my dually doesn't have the stabilizer and tracks like go-cart, the F250 likes to wander on the road with the stabilizer. Than F250 is 4WD
BTW my dually doesn't have the stabilizer and tracks like go-cart, the F250 likes to wander on the road with the stabilizer. Than F250 is 4WD
Try removing the stabilizer...and going for a test drive. If the popping noise is gone...you found the issue. Only takes about 5 or 10 min to remove...so an easy try.
Good luck...
biz
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Thank. gee... why the simplest solutions are always the hardest to figure out? 
I drive the truck average 2 times a month, so with the other project don't have time to sit on this one, but I got most of the gremlins fixed on it. The engine starts even after 2 weeks sitting, the spare wheel is on the winch under the bed, so dealing with the noise is just for comfort.
I drive the truck average 2 times a month, so with the other project don't have time to sit on this one, but I got most of the gremlins fixed on it. The engine starts even after 2 weeks sitting, the spare wheel is on the winch under the bed, so dealing with the noise is just for comfort.
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Well well well, I had to re-do yet again after more driving, the popping continued. Only after closely studying the picture, did I noticed the measurement did not start from the first indentation. See picture...Hopefully someone else won't make the same mistake I did.
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Side question - my new purchase F250 has one of those stabilizers and I do have popping sound even on flat driving that I can not find source for. Have new sway bar links, bushings look good, lifted whole front and found to play anywhere, so how can I test this stabilizer for making the noise on the road?
BTW my dually doesn't have the stabilizer and tracks like go-cart, the F250 likes to wander on the road with the stabilizer. Than F250 is 4WD
BTW my dually doesn't have the stabilizer and tracks like go-cart, the F250 likes to wander on the road with the stabilizer. Than F250 is 4WD
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I would do this to check the ball joints. Jack the front up so the tire are a few inches off the ground. Then take a long 2X4 (4'-6') and place one end of it under the center of one of the tires. Now lift up on the board and watch to see if the wheel moves without the knuckle moving. Do this a couple of times. Specially look at one ball joint and the other. If you see slop then the ball joints are bad and that is the popping sound you hear. Just shacking the wheel, in my opinion, is not enough to revel bad ball joints.
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I would do this to check the ball joints. Jack the front up so the tire are a few inches off the ground. Then take a long 2X4 (4'-6') and place one end of it under the center of one of the tires. Now lift up on the board and watch to see if the wheel moves without the knuckle moving. Do this a couple of times. Specially look at one ball joint and the other. If you see slop then the ball joints are bad and that is the popping sound you hear. Just shacking the wheel, in my opinion, is not enough to revel bad ball joints.
^^^ ditto ^^^
That is a very good process to find failing ball joints...
biz
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I have a buddy looking to add this Bistein stabilizer to his E99. It did not come with the factory stabilizer. Where can he get this bracket to mount one?
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What does the OEM bracket hole look like?
My 04 SD diesel did not come with a factory stabilizer. I bought a Tuff Country with a bracket a while ago. The bracket looks very similar as the OEM bracket. I bought a Bilstein to replace the Tuff Country. I tried to install it but the base of the bolt of on the Bilstein has been machined flat on the top and bottom. Is the OEM bracket hole slotted for the base of the machined flatten bolt. I'm thinking of grinding the hole to a slot to allow the bolt fit flush and tight. Does anyone have an OEM bracket and is the hole round or slotted?
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Has anyone else installed a Bilstein single stabilizer? Did you notice how much it stuck out once the bolt bottomed out on the bracket? Is it supposed to do that? Seems like a weak point. I would think it would install flush. Am I missing something or am I over thinking it. It doesn't seem right to me. What is the point of the base of the bolt on the shock machined flat on top and bottom??? I can usually figure this stuff out, but HUH?
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do you think the clear coats will cause the shocks to over heat due to it insulatin the body?
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