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FOX 2.0 Steering Stabilizer install, HELP please.

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Old 03-21-2019, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by spartacus_33
Why doesn't the Rancho SS pull?
No gas charge.
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Really, if you feel the need for a steering stabilizer, the OEM versions work just fine. They are hydraulic and neutral so they don't push either direction. They just attenuate the inputs from the road.
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Originally Posted by jedg
Really, if you feel the need for a steering stabilizer, the OEM versions work just fine. They are hydraulic and neutral so they don't push either direction. They just attenuate the inputs from the road.
Well, I just replaced my shocks with FOX 2.0 so thought I might as well do the SS as well. I wasn't aware of the "pulling/pushing" issue due to it being nitrogen charged. I may just try to return it.
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Well, my guy is going to let me return the fox 2.0 ifp steering stabilizer. So now I'm back to square one with an eleven-year-old factory steering stabilizer. I'm going to post a new thread looking for suggestions for a replacement, but for now... does anybody here have a suggestion for a non-nitrogen charged SS? TIA.
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Go to your favorite auto parts store and purchase the OEM version... or, don't run one. Lots of folks deleted the SS and haven't looked back.
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Originally Posted by spartacus_33
Why doesn't the Rancho SS pull?
Because it's oil filled and not gas filled.
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Originally Posted by jedg
Go to your favorite auto parts store and purchase the OEM version... or, don't run one. Lots of folks deleted the SS and haven't looked back.
This ^^^^ The stock OEM stabilizer works fine
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Originally Posted by spartacus_33
but for now... does anybody here have a suggestion for a non-nitrogen charged SS? TIA.
Craigslist. See if you can't find a free one that someone pulled off after they bought an expensive replacement for their perfectly good factory stabilizer.
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What nthinuf said... or try this - https://www.facebook.com/groups/455982404551992/
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Originally Posted by spartacus_33
... does anybody here have a suggestion for a non-nitrogen charged SS? TIA.
Yeah...toss the OEM back on if there isn't anything obviously wrong with it. I only replaced mine initially because it was dented and you could feel that spot in the steering. If you didn't have any steering issues a steering stabilizer would fix, go back to stock.


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