Steering Stabilizer Shock mount and a lift kit

[boogie]

Im installing a 3.5 lift on my bronco and when I went to mount the new Steering Stabilizer Shock the bracket that was there is not lining up at a good angle. Does anyone know of a new mount that would work better?

 

[dave67fd]

You could heat and bend the bracket slightly and/or you can put a spacer/s under the bracket on the frame end. Not that it changes the geometry any but their usually mounted with the shock body on the frame end. May help in abit less steering effort and/or shock life.

 

[boogie]

Cool thanks I'm thinking about making a new bracket.

 

[Broncobowsher]

To be honest, I would just tighten down the nuts and let the bushings deform.
If I could rotate the one on the drag link from the front to the top, I would do that.

I do like steering dampers. Even after getting all the steering dialed in, good caster, corrected bumpsteer, etc. It doesn't make a bit of difference in regular driving. But it does wonders on the trail when a wheel clips a rock and wants to spin the steering wheel in your face. Shoulders were not happy running a trail without it. The steering box also took a beating without it. It was quickly re-installed before the next trail run. But on the street you could never tell if it was there or not.

 

[DirtDonk]

You could also compensate a little at the top. Just add a small spacer block and longer bolts to bring it partially down, then tweak the other bracket to match up. Less tweakage that way, and it's not hanging too far down and looking goofy.

Paul

 

[suthernboy]

You could heat and bend the bracket slightly and/or you can put a spacer/s under the bracket on the frame end. Not that it changes the geometry any but their usually mounted with the shock body on the frame end. May help in abit less steering effort and/or shock life.

Not sure how much difference it makes, but to Dave's point above, the shock body or cylinder is typically mounted on the frame end. I just installed mine a few weeks ago, and, being months since I removed the original, I forgot how it came off, and had no good pre-disassembly photo. Went to my trusty TBP catalog and looked at a bunch of the rides pictured throughout the book and saw that the vast majority were mounted cylinder-to-frame. Ford service manual also shows it that way in assembly drawings.

Mine's not lifted, and I know the bushings are made to deform somewhat to compensate for geometry, but, I would think that I'd want the rod end to have the least amount of bushing deformation and associated stress that would cause on the rod and cylinder seals. The rigid stud on the cylinder end should take the stress of the deformed bushings much better, and there's a lot more geometry adjustment potential on the drag link bracket.

g

 

[boogie]

I added a 2" spacer and it lines up a lot better. I mounted the shock backwards I don't guess that makes a diferance?

 

[savage]

I have a 3.5 and just tighten down the nuts and let the bushings deform. But the spacer idea looks good.