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Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:35 am
by thor3228
Can anyone tell me what steering stabilizer will work on my 54 r100 Thanks

Re: Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:49 pm
by PaulH
Why would you need one?

Re: Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:01 pm
by thor3228
To clean up a little play and wandering I had one in my old Jeep and it helped alot.

Re: Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:13 pm
by nikkinutshop
Just about any cross steering stabilizer will work, as long as there is room. I have installed a stabilizer on my R120 and it made the steering smooth right out.
Just about any 4X4 shop should have something that will work for your situation. The stabilizer is not a fix for a worn steering box, the stabilizer will soften some of the random wondering and darting.
I installed a stabilizer on my 1940 Ford. The Ford had an "I" beam axle similar to that of the Old IHC.

Re: Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:40 pm
by KSever
nikkinutshop wrote: I installed a stabilizer on my 1940 Ford. The Ford has an "I" beam axle similar to that of the Old IHC.


And how did the 40 Ford drive after you installed it?

Re: Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:07 am
by nikkinutshop
Just fine. :moon1:

Re: Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:26 am
by KSever
nikkinutshop wrote:Just fine. :moon1:


Wow! Nice answer. I just asked how the car drove after you installed the stabilizer.

Re: Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:59 pm
by nikkinutshop
I installed a cross steering stabilizer on the OEM 1940 axle. This took the random trembling and darting away. I do not have a stabilizer on the front axle cross steering, dropped axle, today. I did build and install a PANHARD ROD to better track the axle. The Panhard Rod was necessary because of the air-spring suspension.
I do not have any pictures of this in the thousands of pictures I took of the Ford build.
I do not know if and when I will finish the few remaining details on my 1940 Ford. I may never get to finish the Ford and some of the other things I had plans for.
Life and old age has changed everything, for me. I have a shop filled with the tools to make just about anything I can think of. I still have the desire to go out and get after my dreams. I am having mobility issues. I am slowly getting better. Will I ever be able, that is the unanswerable question, right now.

Re: Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:52 am
by VWJake
That makes me sad to hear Nikki. I hope you see improvements daily and can get back after it sooner than later. I have an enormous amount of respect for knowledge and ability you have.

-Jake

Re: Steering stabilizer?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 11:31 am
by kevin