I'mlooking at theSuperlifts Steering Stabilzer theyoffer for my 6" lift kit and was wondering if anyone had any experience with any steering stabilizer?

 

I have steering stabilizers on a couple of my trucks. I find that they help smooth out the little "kicks" that I feel in the steering wheel when travelling over roughroads and pot holes.
It's basicallyjust a shock absorber mounted sideways.

 

Just so nobody actually does it, but don't use a shock as a steering stabilizer.

 

o.k, y cant you use a shock absorber as a steering stabelizer? I was just about to do that exact thing in the a.m.. I gotta 89' blazer just put 39's on it today w/ a 6 in. lift. and it's all over the road.... The truck shop said to put a steering stabelizer on it but when I took off the old one it looks like a regular old shock... So the truck shop said just put a heavy duty shock in place of it and it would be fine.

 

Well a shock is going to push to one side. Where as a steering stabilizer is neutral and won't push in one direction. That's what I understand at least.

 

Hmmm... Thanx... I can't find anyone who has a damn steering stabelizer in stock.. Everyone wants to order it... and it's my daily driver.. lol... thats the only reason i was going to go with a shock.... but guess not.

 

i didnt even think....... could it b all over the road because when you put way bigger tires on, your supposed to do a front end alignment??????

 

hrm...simple physics...a shock pushes equally in both directions. If you clamp it down and then let it go on the ground, both ends shoot out, not just one. It's just how it's mounted..the wheel isnt gunna get pushed into the asphalt so the body bounces on top. Steering stabilizers are still mounted to a fixed point, and act away from the mounting point, thus, it is a shock mounted horizontally

 

One fundamental difference between a shock absorber used in the suspension, and a steering stabilizer is that a steering stabilizer does not fully extend when unrestrained like 90% of all suspension shock absorbers. It remains in whatever position it was in last, only dampening motion, not assisting in one direction (which would be bad for steering). If a regular shock were to be installed as a steering stabilizer (one that extends in one direction), the steering would be light in one direction, and heavy in the opposite direction.

When I replaced all of the shocks and the stabilizer on my old Ram, the shocks all had a preset spring rate which would extend the shocks all the way. The stabilizer didn't move.