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Bilstein 24-158428 steering stabilizer ???

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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 02:02 PM
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Default Bilstein 24-158428 steering stabilizer ???

To those that have used the Bilstein 24-158428 steering stabilizer, a few questions:

Does it pull to the left significantly (from the gas pressure)? What's the outside diameter? How does it feel compared to the stock unit (on 2007 to 2009 JK's)?

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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 02:06 PM
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I had it and ditched it. It's not horribly noticeable that it pushes, but it did and was annoying. I now have a HD teraflex one that's cheaper and works well. Save your money and get the newest version of the stock SS its beefy and works very well.
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by fadeout
I had it and ditched it. It's not horribly noticeable that it pushes, but it did and was annoying. I now have a HD teraflex one that's cheaper and works well. Save your money and get the newest version of the stock SS its beefy and works very well.
Much thanks. Don't mind paying for quality, but I can be picky about stuff like that too -- hence the question.

Any others to share their experience?
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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yes the single Bilsteins do pull to one side. Running dual works great for me, smooth and even. Fox has a new gas SS coming out soon that is suppose to have no pull, should be real nice. My dual bilsteins:
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 06:12 PM
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My Bilstein pulled for about the first 2k miles. Just enough to be annoying, now it tracks perfectly.
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by svt2224
My Bilstein pulled for about the first 2k miles. Just enough to be annoying, now it tracks perfectly.
Any idea why it changed?
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 06:31 PM
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Mine doesn't pull or push at all and works just fine.
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by river2c
Mine doesn't pull or push at all and works just fine.
When you put it on, do you remember about how much force (if any) it took to hold it from expanding?
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 10:54 PM
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It does push the first couples miles not sure if it the stabilizer that change or me getting use to it.

I prefer the bilstein over my previous teraflex 9550 (old model)
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