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Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby MUVIT » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:09 am

hi all i saw a ifs toyota (not the current shape/mode) in a 4wd mag & it had a steering dampner(shocky).. Has anyone seen or put one on the isuzu truck here? cheers ben
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Re: Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby muzila » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:07 pm

If you need to put one of those on then you wheel alignment guy needs to be taken out the back... tighed to the towhooks in the rear of your Mu and dragged through the furtherest gorse bushes you can find........

Now on a serious note :D You shouldn't need one. They are only a return to center dampener. Your wheel guy should get your truck set right so you get automatic RTC. and if you got wobblely steering its your tires. (Or mechanical like ball joints)

Otherwise its just somthing else to bash on a rock somewhere.

Have a good day... :D :D :D
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Re: Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby isuzurob » Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:25 pm

They help with steering wheel shake on bumpy gravel roads, they help alot at high speed, tf rodeo come out with the fitting on the track rod and just weld a mount onto the chassis
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Re: Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby slightlydodgy » Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:17 pm

Mine (90 rodeo) had one but it didn't have power steering (a problem that was sooon rectified)
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Re: Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby geeves » Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:02 pm

lifted ifs vehicles can suffer from bump steer and a damper does help even if it is masking the problem not fixing it. The bump steer is caused by the extra angle on the tie rods meaning that as the wheel goes up and down the alignment of that wheel changes. The correct way to fix it is a high steer kit but there isnt one made for the isuzu. Its another reason not to lift past 2 inches
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them
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Re: Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby slightlydodgy » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:08 am

I didn't fit the damper it was factory and the ute was stock hieght when I bought it
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Re: Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby MUVIT » Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:07 pm

very interesting. Id like to see a pic of a factory rodeo one.
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Re: Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby geeves » Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:16 pm

interestingly the factory center arm had no way to connect a damper but the replacement damper has a hole to bolt a damper to
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them
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Re: Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby isuzurob » Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:12 pm

All the factory isuzu track rods i have fitted at work have had the mount, and some aftermarket ones have them, think its an option when you order one
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Re: Steering dampner for MU/WIZARD/RODEO?

Postby 98Rodeo » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:31 pm

Independent 4x in the states has a kit that bolts on :-)
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