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Just installed a Falcon EF 2.2 steering stabilizer. A week in, I noticed that the red adjustment tip (there's a joke in there somewhere) was snagging the bolts on the drag link bracket. My understanding is that the bracket bolts traditionally point down. After talking with the shop, we rotated the drag link bracket to have the bolts pointing up. Anyone see any issue with doing this? Not sure if it matters but the lift is a 4" ReadyLift with ReadyLift HD Track Bar and a Teraflex HD Tie Rod.
Have to think you're referring to a raised track bar bracket when you're referring to the "drag link bracket".
See the drag link outlines in purple and how the bracket bolts face down. Those bolts were snagging the end of the steering stabilizer when the wheel was turned Driver. To avoid this, the shop recommended flipping them to be on top. But that exhausts my knowledge so just wanted to make sure there weren't other downsides to doing this that i am not aware of. Thanks.
That is the DL's adjusting "turnbuckle". Turning that either way will adjust the steering wheel should you ever have to recenter it. Still having an issue seeing how that is contacting a SS which would be located down on the tie rod, but regardless, you should be able to orient those bolts differently. If I recall, on the factory DL turnbuckle, you can loosen those clamp bolts way loose and rotate the clamp itself. You do NOT want to rotate that full turnbuckle as it will alter your steering wheel. Just make sure you rotate the 2 clamps themselves. 15mm box wrench is all you need.
I had trouble years ago with the steering stabilizer having sufficient clearance. So, I attached the end of it to the drag link instead of the tie rod. Either way will work just fine. As resharp points out above, your current solution affects the level of the steering wheel when driving straight ahead. If it's not level and you're like me and find that annoying, then the fix is to adjust that turnbuckle to straighten it out. Those bolts, therefore, end up pointed whichever way centers the steering wheel. Or, you can just drive with the steering wheel cockeyed.
Last edited by Mark Doiron; Feb 16, 2019 at 12:35 AM.
Falcon SS Hitting Drag Link Bracket
