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steering dampner

Post by mickyd555 »

mines shot, its come off its mounting, im just wondering if this would cause the steering wheel to shake like the tyres need balancing. Its on a GU ute.

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Post by Cossie »

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Post by mickyd555 »

cheers, ill get that fixed b4 i get the tyres balanced than :D
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Post by matthewK »

well might explain some of my troubles too :)

but i'll wait till iv actually done the 2 seals in my steering box next week

just wondering what are steering damper worth for the GQ any ideas?
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matthewK wrote:well might explain some of my troubles too :)

but i'll wait till iv actually done the 2 seals in my steering box next week

just wondering what are steering damper worth for the GQ any ideas?
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Post by Dyna Beast »

Hello
My old truck some times gets a bad dose of steering wobles at around 50 k`s hr.Changed the steering dampner and still got the same problem :x .Old dampner looked like it had been there a long time.Needed changing any way.Have put the front up on stands and given the wheels and front end a going over and yet to find any thing majorly rong. :? A bit stumped at the moment.
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Post by jeep97tj »

The steering damper wont fix the wobbles it will only damper it, I would get the wheels balanced first. Steering dampers should only be use to save your fingers being broken from the steering wheel spining out of control, not to fix or hide on road problems.
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Post by matthewK »

jeep97tj wrote:The steering damper wont fix the wobbles it will only damper it, I would get the wheels balanced first. Steering dampers should only be use to save your fingers being broken from the steering wheel spining out of control, not to fix or hide on road problems.
my damper pritty old looking :D donno how long its been in there had wheel balanced, aligned, after i replaced my panhard bushes:D i get the odd whobble not much

damper next and i should be right :)
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