Steering Damper Fitment - Mainly Road Going Car.

Thanks for all your comments. Just purely due to the availability and price, I'll give the Armstrong kit that Jack posted a try. If it's a decent day when I fit it, I'll upload some photos. Cheers

ZookBOB is the seller... "Bits On a Budget"

Now then... I wonder who that could be?

Dave... first name "Robert"

Daniel30 wrote: I only went for the pro comp because I think it was the only one in stock, any other ones will be ok rough country etc or the one Jack has posted just not to sure about the bracket on that one

The outer bracket has an L-shape fold in it Dan Inner bracket is 4mm thick flat as it only just sits proud of the chassis rail for the bolts to go through... the outer is 3mm with the upstanding fold for strength, as I've bent a 5mm one (offroad) before now!

That's my 'onroad' version... the offroad version will be listed tonight along with a load of other parts that came back from plating today... I'll be fitting one to S200KYS real soon, as it'll be the mother of all brackets... think girder and you're halfway there!

Dave

You know I'm mechanically challenged Dave l should have said I haven't seen one like that before I'm sure it's more than adequate

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just remember if/when using a shock absorber as steering damper.

A shock is made to work vertically not horizontally. And especially twintube shocks, as most cheaper shocks are, are meant to work only with with reservoir down.

Also, most shocks are not valved identically on compression and rebound. So perhaps they're not working with the same force left/right if used as steering stabilizer.

Mine are proper steering dampers, not shock absorbers...?

I think it's money well spent on proper ones

With that said. Haven't felt the need for such stabilizer. But haven't tried one, so don't know anything about it

I've got one of these terrafirma steering dampers from bits4vits and it tightens up the sloppy steering.

S200KYS wrote: Mine are proper steering dampers, not shock absorbers...?

That's good to know!

Must admit, I bought and fitted a Pro-Comp steering damper, but it didn't suit my Jimny and I took it back off again after about 3 months.

I found that it stiffened up the steering nicely, but a little too much as the steering wheel wouldn't centre as you drove in a straight line and would continue to turn the car slightly left or right depending on the last direction it was turned. It's been on my bench in the garage ever since!

They appear to work for others though.

You should send it back it shouldn't do that