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| | | Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble | Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 | Glad it helped. If you have any questions during install, i'll help as much as i can. I sent you a PM regarding your coil spacers for the lift up front on your G10. Have those worked out well for you? Im a little apprehensive about using them but if you have had good luck with it, I'd like to see how they work. I need just a little bit more lift up front for 31" tires. Thanks man.
1995 Chevy G20 Rockwood Conversion | | | Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble | Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 125 member | member Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 125 | i just ordered a damper kit from rockauto if i have problems i will ask for help,thank's for your post, | | | Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble | Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 | The key is to use the correct holes in each bracket to mount the stabilizer. You want the bolts thriugh each end of the damper to essentially be running parallel to the ground. This allows the “up and down†travel of the steering linkage to occur with binding with the damper. It took a little fiddling, some head scratching, but easy to sort out mostly. If you have the factory oil cooler, make sure you clear the lines after install. They run right above the center link. 1995 Chevy G20 Rockwood Conversion | | | Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble | Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 | Hey guys. After enough messing around with it, I decided that the mounting option I had used previously would create a bind between the damper and the steering linkage. The Monroe kit seemed like it worked well initially but there just isn’t a good way to mount it correctly after driving around with it. I have, however, located a MOOG kit that looks like it will work well. It is part number SSD73. I had a Moog customer service agent email me the instruction sheet in the kit that shows a photo of installation. The fitment notes say “w/o factory oil coolerâ€, but the image shows that the kit uses both bottom steering gear bolts, that are well below my oil cooler lines. I think it will be fine. Here is the instruction sheet:
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1995 Chevy G20 Rockwood Conversion | | | Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble | Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 125 member | member Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 125 | well i fitted mine this morning and test drove it slow at first then freeway speed then threw it around in the back street's and i love it!! i copied the pic's you posted for reference it has made a big difference at speed, cant feel any binding,thank's for the post | | | Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble | Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 | Glad to hear it worked well for you. Maybe I am just being a hypochondriac, as always! Lol. At least now there are 2 possible solutions for aftermarket dampers. I’ll update with the Moog part and how it works out. 1995 Chevy G20 Rockwood Conversion | | | Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble | Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 33 | Got the moog kit installed. Works great. It clears the oil cooler lines and the balancer nicely. Seems to make the van track a little tighter. Overall, worth it for the 34$ bucks I spent on it through Amazon. 1995 Chevy G20 Rockwood Conversion | | | Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,027 Likes: 51 veteran | veteran Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,027 Likes: 51 | Hi Guys, is this one of the shock mount bolts from one of these kits?
79 chevy G30 cobra camper conversion. | | | Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 559 | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 559 | Yes, that is the center bolt mount.
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