steering stabilizer kit question..

TexasNomad · Oct 21, 2008

I wasn't sure where to put this question I thought here might be the best place.
I've I would like to install one of these on my truck and was wondering dose any one here have any experience with them? would they help with every day driving? this is the kit I"m looking at

http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-23542_dual_steering_stabilizer_w__shocks_blue_boots.htm

You thoughts on this would be great thanks

Skandocious · Oct 21, 2008

What symptoms are you experiencing that might warrant the use of a steering stabilizer?

Generally you only use things like this on trucks with big lifts/tires, because those things can create speed wobbles and shakes in the steering. Steering stabilizers just smooth out the steering, much like the shocks that you've got at your wheels, serving the same purpose for your suspension.

TexasNomad · Oct 21, 2008

Well the steering is really sloppy and I've replaced just about every thing there is to be replaced.

Skandocious · Oct 21, 2008

TexasNomad said:
Well the steering is really sloppy and I've replaced just about every thing there is to be replaced.

A steering stabilizer will not fix sloppy steering, it'll only mask it by putting a little more resistance into the mix (from pushing the piston in and out of the shock absorber when you turn the wheel).

Read this thread:

http://www.fordtruckfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7088

TexasNomad · Oct 21, 2008

Well I read all the post and i've done all those things I've checked for looseness I've had the alignment checked.
So I guess I'm going to have to deal with it.

Skandocious · Oct 21, 2008

Sorry buddy, not trying to burst your bubble. Just trying to save you from wasting money on those steering stabilizers.

What all have you done so far, in efforts of remedying the problem?

Brian_B · Oct 21, 2008

We ended up putting on on my dads 77 F-100. It was wrecked while pulling a house trailer. It jackknifed and slid off the road.

Everything was checked under the front end, but it always had a vibration after that. I assume something was bent, but we never could find out what. The steering stabilizer stopped it.

Those old twin I beams has issues in the first place. Wrecking one...did not help them at all.

Not the right way to fix it, but it worked. He drove the thing 18 years before he sold it. I am guessing it was in about 79 or 80 the accident happened.

I am not fond of them unless you are seriously lifted with huge tires. They do serve a purpose in that case.

Skandocious · Oct 21, 2008

Brian_B said:
We ended up putting on on my dads 77 F-100. It was wrecked while pulling a house trailer. It jackknifed and slid off the road.

Everything was checked under the front end, but it always [highlight]had a vibration[/highlight] after that. I assume something was bent, but we never could find out what. The steering [highlight]stabilizer stopped it[/highlight].

Yeah the steering stabilizers are designed to stop vibrations and shakes in the steering. But the OP is just dealing with excess slop in the steering. I'm assuming by slop he's just referring to a dead zone in the center of the steering where turning the wheel has no affect on the position of the tires. Steering stabilizers cannot and will not fix that problem.

Brian_B · Oct 21, 2008

I was trying to give an example of where one was needed on a stock truck.

What is an OP? Other People? Ocean Pacific?

I am suprised you did not pounce on the "pulling a house trailer" with a 1/2 ton (bumper hitch). It does not work for long.....if you go too fast!!!!

TexasNomad · Oct 21, 2008

Skandocious said:
Sorry buddy, not trying to burst your bubble. Just trying to save you from wasting money on those steering stabilizers.

What all have you done so far, in efforts of remedying the problem?

New gear box new king pins new tierods new bushing umm springs and shocks pitman arm pretty much every thing that has to do with steering and its still sloppy and I don't think I had a bubble..

Skandocious · Oct 21, 2008

Brian_B said:
I was trying to give an example of where one was needed on a stock truck.

What is an OP? Other People? Ocean Pacific?

I am suprised you did not pounce on the "pulling a house trailer" with a 1/2 ton (bumper hitch). It does not work for long.....if you go too fast!!!!

OP means original poster (referring to the original poster for the thread).

Which horse trailer 1/2 ton thread are you talking about?

Brian_B · Oct 21, 2008

House trailer. Not horse trailer.

Dad was pulling a house trailer with his little truck when he wrecked it.

I thought you would come up with some trailer trash joke about me. Perfect oportunity and you blew it. Losing it in your old age.

Skandocious · Oct 21, 2008

TexasNomad said:
New gear box new king pins new tierods new bushing umm springs and shocks pitman arm pretty much every thing that has to do with steering and its still sloppy and I don't think I had a bubble..

So it sounds like everything from the box out is new. How about the stuff between the box and the column?

Skandocious · Oct 21, 2008

Brian_B said:
House trailer. Not horse trailer.

Dad was pulling a house trailer with his little truck when he wrecked it.

I thought you would come up with some trailer trash joke about me. Perfect oportunity and you blew it. Losing it in your old age.

AW dammit! I read it "horse" trailer in both posts :headbang:

Brian_B · Oct 21, 2008

You been hanging around conner too long. He misread my post the other night too.

blackhat620 · Oct 21, 2008

TexasNomad said:
New gear box new king pins new tierods new bushing umm springs and shocks pitman arm pretty much every thing that has to do with steering and its still sloppy and I don't think I had a bubble..

The new box could be defective, has it been tested to see if it operates within specifications?

Also check the rag joint in the linkage between the steering wheel and box.

TexasNomad · Oct 22, 2008

Brian_B said:
House trailer. Not horse trailer.

Dad was pulling a house trailer with his little truck when he wrecked it.

I thought you would come up with some trailer trash joke about me. Perfect oportunity and you blew it. Losing it in your old age.

I can say your dad had guts pulling a trailer home with a truck and not a rig smiliegitrdone

TexasNomad · Oct 22, 2008

blackhat620 said:
The new box could be defective, has it been tested to see if it operates within specifications?

Also check the rag joint in the linkage between the steering wheel and box.

it it seems like all the play is in the box going to the steering wheel I can turn the wheel form about 12 O clock to about 130 before the tires start to move and its not a smooth motion to its feels umm chunky would be the best way I know how to put it.. I thought it might be the steering shaft but at over 400 bucks I don't think I can buy one just to find out...

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