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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 10:51 AM
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Steering Stabilizer causing truck to pull left?

I think I have finally solved my death wobble problems. The last thing I did was take it a 4wd shop that knows how to a good alignment. The problem I am having now is the truck is wanting to pull left. I have a Radflo stabilizer from Defiant on it right now. Could the stabilizer be pushing the tires to the left? I don't want to lower the pressure in the stabilizer. Would a dual setup work better as they would be on each side of the axle pushing on one another to keep everything center? Defiants dual setup is over $400. Would the Superlift setup under $200 work just as good?

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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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Nitrogen stabilizers do cause the truck to pull, the only way to fix it is to remove some pressure or mount a second one to counter the pull.
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 02:01 PM
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You need to check to see how much pressure is in the Radflo stabilizer. Carli's usually ship with 200psi plus and can be lowered down to 150 if needed. Don't let out too much or you will need to have it re charged with nitrogen.
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 04:00 PM
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I've got it at about 110 right now. I already have tried lowering before and it ended up not doing its job. So I dont want to lower it anymore. I guess another one mounted on the other side would work. Their is just such a big price difference between the defiant and the superlift. I will have to say Paul Fox is awesome to deal with and I would like to give him the business.
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but a stabilizer does not push OR pull. They do not act like a shock. The simply dampen the "Bump" when turning the wheels and they do this in both directions equally. A properly working steering stabilizer / dampener will not cause a vehicle to pull to one side.
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Skyd Ram
You need to check to see how much pressure is in the Radflo stabilizer. Carli's usually ship with 200psi plus and can be lowered down to 150 if needed. Don't let out too much or you will need to have it re charged with nitrogen.
Sage lowered mine to 135# on his highmount Bilstein for me. I had to lower it to 100# to kill the drift. I'm running small 285's. Opposing dual ss will cancel out the drift. Put some 35's on there and it'll drive perfect.
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by rockcrawler304
Please correct me if I am wrong, but a stabilizer does not push OR pull. They do not act like a shock. The simply dampen the "Bump" when turning the wheels and they do this in both directions equally. A properly working steering stabilizer / dampener will not cause a vehicle to pull to one side.
That's correct with a non-pressurized one,but pressurized steering stabilizers are trying to expand thus pushing the steering one way or another.
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Danderson
That's correct with a non-pressurized one,but pressurized steering stabilizers are trying to expand thus pushing the steering one way or another.
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