steering stabilizer & turning radius

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Oct 4, 2019 | 08:15 PM

beef tits

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steering stabilizer & turning radius

Is it normal for the stabilizer to limit how far you can turn the wheel?

When I remove the stabilizer I can go to full lock both directions, with it installed I can go full lock to the left, but not to the right - My knuckle limiter is about ⅜" from the stopper on the axle housing. If I move the stabilizer bracket to the other mounting "grooves", I have the same problem on the other side...

Is this normal? It's a factory sized (supposedly) Bilstein 5100 on the stock mounts.

Oct 4, 2019 | 10:01 PM

Y2KW57

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Originally Posted by beef ****

Nope. Normal is knuckle stop to knuckle stop (the extended fingers cast into the knuckles that I've often wanted to saw off to provide more wheel cut, but I know that doing so would over extend the articulation range of the front stub axle U joints).

I've only run the stock stabilizer. When it failed (began leaking) at around 60,000 miles, I replaced it with another bone stock stabilizer. Judging by the rod, it appears that the full travel of the stock stabilizer is not reached with the wheels turned stop to stop in either direction.

Oct 5, 2019 | 12:12 AM

Bently_Coop

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Is it a stabilizer or a shock absorber?

Stabilizer's are more like a linear actuator damper.

Here is a picture of mine installed in 2014.

Oct 5, 2019 | 01:49 AM

aawlberninf350

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Originally Posted by Y2KW57

Normal is knuckle stop to knuckle stop (the extended fingers cast into the knuckles that I've often wanted to saw off to provide more wheel cut, but I know that doing so would over extend the articulation range of the front stub axle U joints).

Had the same thought, thanks for the rationale.