Replacement stabilizer shock
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Laughing Gas
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Replacement stabilizer shock
My stabilizer shock has at least 40k miles on it (maybe lots more) and I think a new one is in order. All the 4wd parts are off of an '06. What stabilizer shock should I get for some seriously large, heavy tires? Thanks.
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Laughing Gas
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I looked up Bilstein and found the 5100 unit, but based on pictures I found, it appears to not be the one for the trac bar (panhard bar). Am I missing something?
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On the coil spring suspension the steering damper mounts to the drag link on one end and the chassis on the other. It has nothing to do with the track bar. I have a Bilstein 5100, it seems fine. The big dual kits seem to mount to the tie rod. The main reason that the dual kits work better on highly lifted trucks is the angle of the drag link and stabilizer gets quite high on a lifted truck. That angle reduces it's ability to exert force. The tie rod stays where it always is, and dampers mounted to it can exert maximum force.
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Laughing Gas
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This fits my 2006 in the OEM location: Amazon.com: Bilstein 33-170862
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On the coil spring suspension the steering damper mounts to the drag link on one end and the chassis on the other. It has nothing to do with the track bar. I have a Bilstein 5100, it seems fine. The big dual kits seem to mount to the tie rod. The main reason that the dual kits work better on highly lifted trucks is the angle of the drag link and stabilizer gets quite high on a lifted truck. That angle reduces it's ability to exert force. The tie rod stays where it always is, and dampers mounted to it can exert maximum force.
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Laughing Gas
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Well, that might be a problem. Were you saying that this stabilizer was on your old truck or you current one? Would that same shock work on an unlifted '06? I hope so, since I ordered one this morning!
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I still have the same truck, just the pic is a bit older from what I have done since then. I bought the Bilstein a few months ago. Since the Bilstein mounts in the OEM location it's going to work on a unlifted truck.
What year truck are you mounting the stab on??
What year truck are you mounting the stab on??
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Laughing Gas
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The truck is an '03, but I converted it to 4wd using ALL PARTS from an '06 FX4. So anything that will work on an '06 undercarriage will work on my truck.
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Laughing Gas
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My truck already has a stabilizer, I just need to replace the shock in it. This Bilstein unit won't fit the stock bracket?
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Laughing Gas
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Truck's not here right now or I'd send you one, but MC5C described in post #4 of this thread. It runs side to side on the truck, higher up on the passenger side than on the driver's side, IIRC.