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Death wobble?...never heard of her.

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Old Feb 22, 2015 | 05:07 PM
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Death wobble?...never heard of her.

figured i'd post this up, i see some guys having some issues with the death wobble. i have had the opportunity to use 3 dual steering stabilizer kits now heres my opinions.

first off, if the kit doesn't attach to the axle and the diff cover i wouldn't buy it.

i used the rancho dual kit when i first got the truck .it just attached to the axle and would move on me once in a while it was annoying.
not to mention the shocks rancho has do not last long, i went threw 2 sets in a year..

then i used a bilstien single steering damper. didn't have any death wobble using it truck had 50k on it. but i missed the stiffness of the dual stabilizer.

after that was the rough country kit. the brackets were/are nice. the shocks lasted less than 10k miles before they leaked out. mods have to be made if your going to use an after market diff cover, in my case a maghytec due to the thickness of the cover.

so now I've decided to fork over the extra money and got a BDS kit with the fox shox. very nice ride. nice and tight steering. it fits with my mag hytec diff cover just had to grind the bracket a little bit so the bolt holes would line up.you will need to be running a 4" lift or better


here is a before and after of the rough country vs.bds


hope other find this useful when making a choice. not trying to bash companies products i just call it like it see it. i feel like the other kits dampers should have tested longer since i do almost zero off roading. mostly highway and main roads
 
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Old Feb 23, 2015 | 05:31 AM
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Thanks for the info. I'm glad the bilstein held up for you, that's my choice for what I use the truck for. She's a highway runner with trailers in tow, occasional off road at home when I'm working on the property. My 4x4 use is limited to bad weather and off pavement with trailers when necessary.

My new truck has almost 16k on it now so naturally it's about time to order up the bilsteins to go all around.
 
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