There's a lot of stabilizer posts here, but I'm sticking with the first one that was started. To get to the point, I've changed my stabilizer setup from my original post on the second page here. That one was still working, but the shocks were taking a beating from rocks, etc. Also, I guess my front end is getting a little looser from many miles of snotty roads and rock crawling. Anyway, I just put on a stabilizer from this outfit:
http://www.roadmasterinc.com/products/rss/reflex.html
Their main claim to fame is the Return To Center (RTC) concept. A standard steering stabilizer is just that, it stabilizes things. The shock(s) add resistance to steering movement and tend to keep the steering where it is. No matter where it is. What most of us are looking for is that they help keep the steering from changing when the tires feel they need to wander due to varying road conditions, hitting pot holes, rocks, etc. Seems to be more noticeable the larger the tires get. They also help as steering/suspension parts wear as the shocks are attached to the tie rod and get into play before a lot of the parts that wear come into the picture. Anyway, bla, bla, bla.... The RTC part was what caught my eye as not only is there the standard shock, but the heavy duty spring adds further resistance to movement and then pulls/pushes the wheels back to center when they get off track.
Not only do you get a standard stabilizer here, but when the van drifts from straight down the road, the spring pulls/pushes everything back to center. Bottom line, it's much better then the dual shock setup I had on the van for the past few years. It also fits better in that it is now mounted between the tie rod and the right hand axle tube. Pretty much totally protected from rocks, etc. It really does keep the rig going in a straight line much better the my old setup.
One problem is that they are pretty pricey. The best price I found is here:
http://www.hitchsource.com/roadmaster-r ... 32137.html
The unit to get is the RSSC one. Their tech thinks that their RSSA unit would be too heavy duty for our rigs and he was worried about it wearing out our steering boxes. I didn't get any of their brackets as they too are expensive and I couldn't figure out which ones would work on our rigs. I just made 90 degree brackets out of angle iron and used U-bolts to fasten to the tie rod and axle tube.
So, this is my latest steering mod. When it will no longer correct the problem it'll be time to replace steering components.
Sportsmobile (AKA Money Pit)
Great pics. What a difference on those springs! Salines are just like mine....look at how much taller scatters are. What did you get for extra lift scatter? 3 inches?
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