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Does a steering stabilizer really help?


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Yeah, some day this week I'm taking it to work and putting it on the alignment rack but I have a feeling its not going to change much. Just a characteristic of the bigger tires and our crappy roads.
 


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You're running smaller tires than I am... Though I don't know what your roads are like lol.

I suspect unless you also go with Stonecrusher's linkage, a small amount of bumpsteer may be inevitable if you're at 6" of lift, however just having the FA600 arm, it shouldn't be so bad that it's a chore to keep it going straight.
 

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Not a chore just odd, that I have to keep the steering to the left to keep it straight, this was the case before I did front end work, and feel odd turning right, you just barely let the wheel go to steer to the right driving highway. I deal with it but would be cool if it were a little better, we will see after I get it on the alignment rack.
 

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Drifting to the right is completely an issue of bad alignment (incorrect caster and/or camber, most likely). A realignment should easily fix that.
 

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Hm. I wonder if he fixed this...
 

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Yeah, replaced the ra bushings, all steering linkage, ball joints, went all out on itband was much better, drove great but now the truck is being tore down.
 

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