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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 11:17 AM
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does this look right? (steering stabilizer)

Hello, every time I walk up to my truck from directly in front of it I puzzle over this. To me, the hydraulic arm of the steering stabilizer looks a little bent. The axis of the arm doesnt match the axis of the body it is going in to. Perhaps this is how the design works with the arm being much shorter than the body. Here is a picture:




and I'm not quite sure how to make a picture appear on here, but here is a link to it in my online photo storage:

http://gallery.me.com/newforestservi...&bgcolor=black
 

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Originally Posted by jackstraw
Hello, every time I walk up to my truck from directly in front of it I puzzle over this. To me, the hydraulic arm of the steering stabilizer looks a little bent. The axis of the arm doesnt match the axis of the body it is going in to. Perhaps this is how the design works with the arm being much shorter than the body. Here is a picture:




and I'm not quite sure how to make a picture appear on here, but here is a link to it in my online photo storage:

http://gallery.me.com/newforestservi...&bgcolor=black
I don't know if it's an optical illusion, but it does look like the rod is bent from looking at that picture.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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They are super easy to pull off and check. Take it off and see if the motion is smooth, in and out.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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Mine looks like that too.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 03:59 PM
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You guys can see the picture?

All I get is the dreaded red x



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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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Can't see the pic, but the gallery link works just fine.

That's funny, Stewart.
 
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