motopete
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I know its a dumb question, I should know it. What do you fasten a steering stabilizer on a 89 ranger? How do you set it up to get full turning radius?
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Where does a steering stabilizer attach?
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BeaterMan
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my 85 has the james duff one. it bolts to the engine crossmember and then goes down to the drag link. when installing it, the instructions had me extend the shock to a specific length to get full lock to lock turning- if this isn't right, the truck will turn more one way and less the other due to the shock bottoming out and full extension. a pretty cheap and effective mod to help that ttb wiht bump steer and smoother steering.
Most attach on the frame rail or engine cross member then clamp on the draglink (longer tie-rod).
A steering stabilizer doesn't effect bumpsteer. Bumpsteer is caused by your tie rods not being flat (angled) and not following the axle beam as the suspension cycles due to the tie-rods and axle beams being "out of phase" with each other.
http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/winter2008/steering_tech.htm
A steering stabilizer is sorta a band-aid fix. It just masks other problems. If your TREs, balljoints, and bearings are all tight or new then there shouldn't be much slop in the steerin system of your vehicle. On an older vehicle there might be some slop with the gears inside the power steering gearbox...can't get around that. Moral of the story is there isn't a really big need for one unless your running huge tires. BUT I'll agree a steeriing stabilizer looks cool and its a relatively cheap mod/upgrade that personalizes your truck...I'll be getting one soon even though I don't have a real need for one.
If there is one thing they are good for they take the harshness out of the steering wheel jerking out of your hands when off-roading. Even with powersteering I've had the wheel yanked from my hands. A stabilizer will slow/lessen that movement.
A steering stabilizer doesn't effect bumpsteer. Bumpsteer is caused by your tie rods not being flat (angled) and not following the axle beam as the suspension cycles due to the tie-rods and axle beams being "out of phase" with each other.
http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/winter2008/steering_tech.htm
A steering stabilizer is sorta a band-aid fix. It just masks other problems. If your TREs, balljoints, and bearings are all tight or new then there shouldn't be much slop in the steerin system of your vehicle. On an older vehicle there might be some slop with the gears inside the power steering gearbox...can't get around that. Moral of the story is there isn't a really big need for one unless your running huge tires. BUT I'll agree a steeriing stabilizer looks cool and its a relatively cheap mod/upgrade that personalizes your truck...I'll be getting one soon even though I don't have a real need for one.
If there is one thing they are good for they take the harshness out of the steering wheel jerking out of your hands when off-roading. Even with powersteering I've had the wheel yanked from my hands. A stabilizer will slow/lessen that movement.
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