Steering Stabilizer
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Laughing Gas
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Steering Stabilizer
BILSTEIN 24-286558 Stabiller
Just removed mine and the drifting to the left disappearedalways had pressure on the Drag Link causing the drifting
Stock one works just fine
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Laughing Gas
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I think the Fox is neutral like the Stock one. The Fox on my old truck was fine, The bilstein is like a front shock always full extended, takes alot of pressure to get center, so always trying to extend which was pushing on the drag link.
I have a Fox on the way
I have a Fox on the way
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The factory steering damper on my '19 was a twin tube damper. Like some twin tube shocks, no gas charge. I thought Ford switched to a Hitachi damper that is gas charged. The OEM stabilizer doesn't extend on it own?
When I swapped to the Bilstein the only difference I found was the desired effect of less feedback in the steering wheel. No drift or pull.
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Laughing Gas
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They may have sent me the wrong one, it stays fully extended, Takes alot to compress it. The drift wasn't that bad but you needed to keep right hand on the wheel with light pressure most of the time
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Truck is new so everything is still tight, might have gotten better with some time. 5 pallets of Sod on a dump trailer it was annoying
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I have a slight drift to the left and the first alignment shop couldnt fix it. I do have the Bilstein 5100 on it and basically installed it within a few days of getting the truck. I cant recall if it was as bad after the 5100 install. Went to remove it tonight and cant get the thing off. That tappered end is fighting me. I am going to a dedicated alignment place Friday, tomorrow I will try one more time to see how the truck handles without the 5100 stabilizer on it. I just cant stand the constant drift to the left any longer.
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I personally wouldn’t use a mono tube (pressurized to extend) steering stabilizer in a single steering stabilizer setup. Seems like it would cause less steering input force in one direction and more in the other.
I would only use a mono tube (pressurized to extend) steering stabilizer in a dual steering stabilizer setup where their extend force cancels out each other.
On a single steering stabilizer setup I would use a twin tube steering stabilizer that’s not pressurized to extend or retract.
My SD has the OE steering stabilizer and doesn’t pull either way.
I would only use a mono tube (pressurized to extend) steering stabilizer in a dual steering stabilizer setup where their extend force cancels out each other.
On a single steering stabilizer setup I would use a twin tube steering stabilizer that’s not pressurized to extend or retract.
My SD has the OE steering stabilizer and doesn’t pull either way.
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No issues or drifting/pulling since I put the Bilstein 5100 steering stabilizer on my truck at 9k miles. I also replaced the shocks with 5100’s at the same time. Between the steering stabilizer and the shocks, I noticed an immediate improvement in drive quality and handling over stock. Now, 22k miles later I also put new tires on, and things yet again improved!
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I have a slight drift to the left and the first alignment shop couldnt fix it. I do have the Bilstein 5100 on it and basically installed it within a few days of getting the truck. I cant recall if it was as bad after the 5100 install. Went to remove it tonight and cant get the thing off. That tappered end is fighting me. I am going to a dedicated alignment place Friday, tomorrow I will try one more time to see how the truck handles without the 5100 stabilizer on it. I just cant stand the constant drift to the left any longer.
All this talk about the Bilstein stabilizer extending, causing a drift had me go see just how much weight it takes to stop it from extending. I have a brand new, never installed 5100 stabilizer sitting in the garage so why not. I compressed it half way then stuck a 10lb weight on it, it slowly extended. Tried with 25lbs, it slowly began to compress. Last I used 20lbs, with that it didn't compress or extend. It really isn't exerting all that much force when extending. As for a difference in left vs right performance, it should be valved in way that gives it comparable performance either way. Bilstein isn't new to this stuff.
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