Fox steering stabilizer
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Phelan CA
I will say that with the firmer settings, the return to center takes longer and the truck will tend to wander on a straight section of hwy. Annoying by my standards.
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Girls, girls....enough. It is clear what A&Pmech means by bumpsteer. 'Steering feedback' is commonly referred as bumpsteer on the interwebs.
These newer trucks seem to suffer more steering feedback and I believe it to be caused by the reduced caster and changed scrub radius than the Gen 1 SD.
These newer trucks seem to suffer more steering feedback and I believe it to be caused by the reduced caster and changed scrub radius than the Gen 1 SD.
So that's the best you got? You are on very one of these threads about bump steer and death wobble and act like you are the all knowing. Numerous members have claimed that upgrading the steering stabilizer helped tremendously with the same symptoms that I experience. Then you come on here stating that it won't help followed by a sorry attempt at criticizing my ability in my profession.
All-knowing, not hardly, I still am learning. My first encounter with DW was in 1969. I worked as an Auto mech for 6 years putting myself thru college, later, I opened my own shop and had it for 7 years until I sold it. My shop focused on Jeeps, especially TJ which DW is not an option, but its OEM standards equipment. It took me over year to finally understand and figure out how to fix DW and keep it fixed, what to do at the first sign of it. If you don't like me passing that on then ignore!
I have never told you are anyone else not to put on a SS, nor have I ever said its a band aid!!!
As an A&P mech I thought highly of you, why, because I worked in that industry...sorry for that...
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I would say that while they are 2 different things that in the right situation that a worn SS could cause either one .
While I am no AP mechanic I do have 3 ASE Master certs & 1 advanced level cert .That I maintained most of them for 35 years .
My master Certs were in Medium/Heavy trucks , School buses , Engine machinist <which they no longer offer > and the advance cert is in L2 Medium/Heavy Truck Electric Diesel Engine Diagnosis . lol just throwing that out their .
While I am no AP mechanic I do have 3 ASE Master certs & 1 advanced level cert .That I maintained most of them for 35 years .
My master Certs were in Medium/Heavy trucks , School buses , Engine machinist <which they no longer offer > and the advance cert is in L2 Medium/Heavy Truck Electric Diesel Engine Diagnosis . lol just throwing that out their .
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From: Where The Road Takes Me.
Kelderman makes a drop bracket that fits under the tie-rod for installation of a dual FOX steering stabilizer. I have it but haven’t installed it yet.
Last edited by Hjabernathy; Nov 14, 2019 at 07:58 PM. Reason: Correction
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Well I've had my new steering stabilizer installed for a few days now and it's amazing the difference it made. The steering feels like it did when the truck was new. Bump steer has reduced and effectively reduced the oscillations felt afterward. Crazy how loose the steering had gotten in only 11k miles and a year of ownership.
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I dont see why it would, I'm not aware of any changes to the front end components.
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From: PA
I just installed the 2.0 TS version. I saw an improvement too. I think there is a difference between bump steer and feeling bumps in the steering wheel. I definitely fell bumps in the wheel and sometimes they are pretty nasty. I don’t however, hit a bump and have the truck change direction and require corrective action to keep it straight. That’s my definition of bump steer.
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I just installed the 2.0 TS version. I saw an improvement too. I think there is a difference between bump steer and feeling bumps in the steering wheel. I definitely fell bumps in the wheel and sometimes they are pretty nasty. I don’t however, hit a bump and have the truck change direction and require corrective action to keep it straight. That’s my definition of bump steer.
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I just installed the 2.0 TS version. I saw an improvement too. I think there is a difference between bump steer and feeling bumps in the steering wheel. I definitely fell bumps in the wheel and sometimes they are pretty nasty. I don’t however, hit a bump and have the truck change direction and require corrective action to keep it straight. That’s my definition of bump steer.
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I went with the Dual Rancho and my bump steer was totally eliminated, no more wandering or bump steer in the slightest. I actually left the stock one in place to see what the difference would be and I am really impressed with the steering now.