Duel Steering Stabilizer?
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Duel Steering Stabilizer?
Was thinking of getting one on my 06. Just wondering if anybody has some experience with them. How do u like them and did they help with steering? My steering seems a little loose and was thinking duel stabilizers would help.
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Easy enough to pull yours off and check if it's in good shape or not. If you have tires larger than 35" dual stabilizers begin to make sense. Otherwise it isn't needed and if you have loose steering, it's something else.
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Check the obvious. Tie rod ends, ball joints, hub bearings, & track bar to start. Also check the play in the box and steering shaft. The steering box's do wear out.
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It replaces the oem stabilizer, but is essentially in the same place.
It's there to resist uneven road surfaces from turning the wheels. As your tires get bigger, the leverage the road has to turn the wheels gets greater. When the front wheels want to turn on their own and rip the steering out of your grip on uneven surfaces is when even more dampening makes sense.
If you're going down a paved road and the steering wanders or is loose, that's not a dampener problem and adding dual or even 10 of them won't help. That's a linkage problem or a worn out steering box problem, or both.
It's there to resist uneven road surfaces from turning the wheels. As your tires get bigger, the leverage the road has to turn the wheels gets greater. When the front wheels want to turn on their own and rip the steering out of your grip on uneven surfaces is when even more dampening makes sense.
If you're going down a paved road and the steering wanders or is loose, that's not a dampener problem and adding dual or even 10 of them won't help. That's a linkage problem or a worn out steering box problem, or both.
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