Steering Damper

Bottoms out? Shimmies? Shackles, springs, shocks, steering linkage etc. The old messages from the NPCA 'Suspension' category are here.

Postby Peter60 » Fri Mar 23, 2018 3:59 am

I put a new steering damper on my Patrol the other day.

I was amazed at the improvement in steering. Before I need to continually make slight adjustment to keep the Patrol going where it should be going. Now with the damper I no longer needs to make these adjustments :D

When out 4WDriving, the wheel no longer shakes and rattles like it did.

Its $40AUD well spent :D

My damper is not 'self centering'. This what I installed.

KYB Damper. Part no KS1003

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Postby Esteban » Fri Mar 23, 2018 7:02 am

Peter60 wrote:...
When out 4WDriving, the wheel no longer shakes and rattles like it did.

Its $40AUD well spent :D

My damper is not 'self centering'. This what I installed.

KYB Damper. Part no KS1003


Glad you felt all that difference. Thanks for posting this.

From an initial search, it's not available here in the USA. But I recall some member years ago installing another KYB damper
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Postby dustin3n » Thu Apr 26, 2018 12:00 am

Sounds like a good choice. How's cornering response?
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Postby Peter60 » Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:46 am

I didn't notice any difference in cornering response. I'm not sure if that the dampers job.
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