Steering Stabilizer Broke In Half: Any Thoughts?
- Thread starter Bitar100
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As would any product treated in a similar fashion. It failed exactly where it should have.
Here is a photo of stock steering setup. See how the stabilizer operates at near the same angle as the drag link? Yours operates at a much different angle. As Blaine said, every time you turn you are adding a severe torque on the end of the stabilizer. Another reason the crossover steering setup should be avoided.
Hello Mr Blaine!
How do you recommend I install the new stabilizer, should i rotate the mounting bracket 90 degrees so that the stabilizer mounts horizontally to the bracket and the bolt faces the engine?
And does it matter which way I mount the new stablizer? like if i mount it in the reverse position of the pictures i posted with that help or cause more strain?
Well it is too late now to go back unless i want to change the knuckles and pitman arm too
Rotate the drag link bracket back toward the track bar as much as you can. That will allow it to pivot on the shaft instead of working against it. Just make sure it won’t interfere with anything.
You'd need to get a new steering dampener and cycle your axle to figure out where a natural place for it to sit exists, if any.
You can swing by and pick up a set of free steering knuckles any time you like. I might be able to scrounge up some serviceable stock steering as well which leaves you with a stabilizer and a pitman you would need.
I explained that you need to cycle it lock to lock and try to install the new stabilizer on the stud at several places to see how much of a bind the eye is in. If you can't install it, then change the orientation of the stud until it works.
Sound advice - given twice. I'm a poet and didn't even know it.
All you need is some want to. Pulled and sitting in the driveway awaiting pick up at your convenience.
You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
Would it be better if installed on the drag link, it were installed on the tie rod? Then he would have a straight line for the dampener to operate in...
Looks like it's more he needs a stock PA. That will raise the DL into nearly the same plane as the TB.
It does appear from the pics that he does have the stock pitman arm. With the draglink on top, it will get far more complicated to bring them into a nice relationship than just using the parts above.
question about this for you...
Is this steering perhaps off of a JK? Looking at the links, he has zero (or very little) inward adjustability.