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daveymc29 · 06-05-2015, 09:55 PM

Personally I'd rather fix the problem than put the stabilizer on. Watch the tie rod on some car with the stabilizer on it as the wheels are turned from lock to lock while on the ground, even on dirt. The tie rod will bend very noticeably, I'll wager. I haven't seen many but they all that I watched in operation bent the tie rod. Doing that can't be good for it. I had a truck I bought with the stabilizer and a hotrod type connection to the left front backing plate. On a trip home from Portland to the Bay Area the hotrod piece worked its way partially through the backing plate, causing a terrifying bit of the death wobble several times in the last few miles to my home, late in the night or I wouldn't have dared to drive it if there had been much other traffic.

Mike V. Florida · 06-05-2015, 10:02 PM

So what are you going to do, replace the stabilizer or check and rebuild the front end as necessary?

The stabilizers do work and will cover up the problems real well as you noticed when it failed.

Patrick L. · 06-06-2015, 05:45 AM

I would suggest fixing the problem rather than replace a stabilizer. The stabilizer is just a band-aid.

daveymc29 · 06-06-2015, 07:47 PM

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I got rid of it and won't ever have a car with one on it again. It is more than a band aid, bandaids generally just hide a sore spot and keep dirt out. This thing is continually bending your tie rod, first one way, then the other. I think should be outlawed. I'd hate to get in a courtroom trying to defend myself if my car killed someone because of loss of steering and the opponent attorney found that thing on my car. I'd probably get jail time.

06-05-2015, 09:55 PM	#1
daveymc29 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Danville, CA Posts: 1,554	Steering stabilizer Personally I'd rather fix the problem than put the stabilizer on. Watch the tie rod on some car with the stabilizer on it as the wheels are turned from lock to lock while on the ground, even on dirt. The tie rod will bend very noticeably, I'll wager. I haven't seen many but they all that I watched in operation bent the tie rod. Doing that can't be good for it. I had a truck I bought with the stabilizer and a hotrod type connection to the left front backing plate. On a trip home from Portland to the Bay Area the hotrod piece worked its way partially through the backing plate, causing a terrifying bit of the death wobble several times in the last few miles to my home, late in the night or I wouldn't have dared to drive it if there had been much other traffic.

06-05-2015, 10:02 PM	#2
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Steering stabilizer So what are you going to do, replace the stabilizer or check and rebuild the front end as necessary? The stabilizers do work and will cover up the problems real well as you noticed when it failed. __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

06-06-2015, 05:45 AM	#3
Patrick L. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Largo Florida Posts: 7,225	Re: Steering stabilizer I would suggest fixing the problem rather than replace a stabilizer. The stabilizer is just a band-aid.

06-06-2015, 07:47 PM	#4
daveymc29 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Danville, CA Posts: 1,554	Re: Steering stabilizer Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I got rid of it and won't ever have a car with one on it again. It is more than a band aid, bandaids generally just hide a sore spot and keep dirt out. This thing is continually bending your tie rod, first one way, then the other. I think should be outlawed. I'd hate to get in a courtroom trying to defend myself if my car killed someone because of loss of steering and the opponent attorney found that thing on my car. I'd probably get jail time.