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Steering stabilizer - what mfg is the best?

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Old 12-11-2011, 08:54 AM
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Default Steering stabilizer - what mfg is the best?

I currently have a dual steering stabilizer from Rough Country on my '07 Unlimited. One of the bushings is bad and creating a wobble at 60 MPH (I assume it is the culprit because everything else appears tight). Can you purchase just replacement bushings - if so where? The second question is - who makes the best dual stabilizer kit out there. Should I just upgrade since I have to pull it off anyhow?
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a bad steering stabilizer WILL NOT cause a wobble or anything else for that matter. if your suspension is dialed in, you technically don't even need one. you need to be looking elsewhere for your problem - have you checked your ball joints?
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I have a single bilstein . The RC dual I had was a big hunkojunk, looked cool though.
I'd pull the whole thing off and see where your wobble is from.

edit: like eddie said.

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x2 with WOL. Look elsewhere for that wobble!
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Originally Posted by wayoflife
a bad steering stabilizer WILL NOT cause a wobble or anything else for that matter. if your suspension is dialed in, you technically don't even need one. you need to be looking elsewhere for your problem - have you checked your ball joints?
I'll keep looking. Everythnig did seem tight but I will take a crow bar to it and see if I can get anything else to move where it should not. Either way, i do know for sure that the stabilizer bushing is bad. Its a start.....
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Originally Posted by 46chevytruck
I'll keep looking. Everythnig did seem tight but I will take a crow bar to it and see if I can get anything else to move where it should not. Either way, i do know for sure that the stabilizer bushing is bad. Its a start.....
as mkjeep said, i'd pull the whole thing off and start looking from there.
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Default Steering Stabilizer

X3 with WOL. I have a single Bilstein 5100 Steering Stabilizer. I think it is better than the stock stabilizer.
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Yeah I would get the stabilizer out of the way to make it easier to figure out where your issue stems from.



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