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Steering Stabilizer help

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#1 ·
OK, so I need some new ones...want to get good ones...spoke with some informed people yesterday and am told that even ones suck as FOX...if you get straight emulsion style then they dont work right...cause when laid on their side the oil is all ove the place....when standing up course the nitrogen is on top holding the oil down...but sideways not so.

The only way is with a longer shock that has a divider in it or with a rezzie shock...now I am not spending $500 on 2 rezzie stabs.


Maybe I explained that explanation wrong...but thats how I understood it.


Anyone want to chime in here?
 
#3 ·
i have the fabtech dual kit and it works great
 
#4 ·
I guess I should have asked.....does anyone know anything about laying the emulsion shocks on their side and it not making them work right?

Yes they work...yes yes...but right is the key word.

I know on FOXs site...is clearly states that *Emulsion shocks must be run "Body Side Up"

I see people all over running these laying down.

The shock guru I spoke with said to get the RIGHT working on the shock I would need it to be a rezzie shock.

Remember..works and works RIGHT is different.
 
#5 · (Edited)
The stabilizers don't take nearly as hard as an impact as a verticle shock does, as long as it pressurized right it will work great. With that being said, the only right way to run pressurized stabilizers is to run them dual and opposing. Bilstein, Icon and Fox are all great choices. As for a resi stabilizer, I don't see the purpose. The reason for a resi is more fluid capacity due to over heating of the shock, it has to be moving very rapidly for a good amount of time to get the actual use out of a resi shock. It won't foam and over heat as fast as a regular emusion shock causing shock fade. I don't see the need for this in a stabilizer on a street driven truck. Hell, resi shocks on our trucks serve no purpose but for great looks and the fine tuning out of the higher name brands. Speaking of daily drivers that is, if they're on a toy of if you're in the dunes every day that's a different story.
 
#6 ·
I agreed with you..but call DownSouth and talk to them about it...seriously...I know you have the number.

The reason for the rezzie in this has nothing to do with the fading of the stabilizer...has to do with keeping the oil and nitrogen separate.
 
#7 ·
I call up Sonny and talk to him because I'm looking for some new stabilizers also right at this moment. I believe you for sure so I'd like to hear more about this, I'm always up to learning new stuff haha. Have you decided which ones you're going for?
 
#8 ·
Did you call and talk to them about em?


Any word on another set of those tires for me?
 
#10 ·
I bought FOX cause I am changing all my shocks to FOX......
 
#12 ·
Thanks for the explanation I ordered mine from you guys on Thursday...so I guess I got the right ones...heck I dunno. They should be here in a few days I suppose.
 
#16 ·
what in the world is W.C. Motorsports?
 
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#19 ·
That's just beyond retarded. I could build a higher quality trac bar and mount it to the top of the ball joint instead of the bottom like this one for about $875 cheaper. And that would be a VERY nice quality built trac bar. Anyway, back to the subject of steering stabilizers.
 
#20 ·
Its called redonkulous...lol
 
#21 ·
Good Morning,
Figured I would throw in my "2" cents and this is merely my opinion and nothing more.Just some things I have run into in the past with Super Duties.A company I used to work with a few years ago lifted a whole crap load Super Duties for the local dealership and we found a few things as to what was causing the infamous wobble:
1) Under-shocked in the front, to soft on compression and the truck did not like all of the movement.
2) WC trac bar is correct, Draglink and Trac Bar need to be parallel with each other and the same length.
3) There was also a TSB on the steering box and there was an adjustment that needed to be done as well on some of the SD's.
4) No toe....or at least a very minimal on a lifted vehicle....
Just figured I would what we found during some of the infamous death wobble...
Hope it helps...
Sonny
 
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