Do i need a steering stabalizer?
JK Newbie
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 50
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From: Centreville VA
after reading this thread, i'm going to save for some decent LCA's for the front so i can fix my caster angle and improve my ride quality.. however when i was making my quick disconnect's the other day, while under the Jeep something dripped on me, and after looking for it i found that my stock steering stabilizer was seeping quite a bit, even made a nice wet spot on the axle behind it from highway speeds. I can tell a big difference in steering quality and road manners because that was over a week ago and my stock stabilizer is about out of any fluid. i didn't bang it on a rock or hit anything, so is it possible for these things to just get blown out? I'm searching for a good stabilizer now..
JK Newbie
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 93
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From: oakton,virginia
Logically, $179 arms plus shipping will be different in quality than $300 shipped arms.
I am not the one to ask, however. I do not have a high opinion of Rough Country's business strategies or quality.
It is nothing personal against their rep here on the forum--he is very helpful. Anything you order from RC should be directly through him.
I always try to give an objective answer about them, and I have complimented them on some of the changes they have made from poor designs or misleading marketing.
They say the arms have OEM rubber bushings along with the flex joint on the other end. However, OEM rubber bushings are made by Clevite, and RC will not say they are Clevite bushings. So how can they say they are OEM rubber without saying they are Clevite bushings?
Their website says they are poly bushings--not rubber.
The thickness/stiffness of the arm tubing is likely much different than Teraflex, Currie, Clayton, Full Traction, JKS, etc., etc. The materials used and the design of the flex joint appears to be different than Teraflex, Currie and Clayton.
The durability of the flex joint bushing has not really been reported by end users.
RC says they have a 60 day money back return policy, but unless you are going to wheel the crap out of it in the first 60 days to know the quality of the parts, what good does that do you?
RC font lower adjustables can be used to fix your caster problem, but how long are they going to last before you have to buy and install new bushings? No one knows.
I am not the one to ask, however. I do not have a high opinion of Rough Country's business strategies or quality.
It is nothing personal against their rep here on the forum--he is very helpful. Anything you order from RC should be directly through him.
I always try to give an objective answer about them, and I have complimented them on some of the changes they have made from poor designs or misleading marketing.
They say the arms have OEM rubber bushings along with the flex joint on the other end. However, OEM rubber bushings are made by Clevite, and RC will not say they are Clevite bushings. So how can they say they are OEM rubber without saying they are Clevite bushings?
Their website says they are poly bushings--not rubber.
The thickness/stiffness of the arm tubing is likely much different than Teraflex, Currie, Clayton, Full Traction, JKS, etc., etc. The materials used and the design of the flex joint appears to be different than Teraflex, Currie and Clayton.
The durability of the flex joint bushing has not really been reported by end users.
RC says they have a 60 day money back return policy, but unless you are going to wheel the crap out of it in the first 60 days to know the quality of the parts, what good does that do you?
RC font lower adjustables can be used to fix your caster problem, but how long are they going to last before you have to buy and install new bushings? No one knows.