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Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble
revmook #729580 November 03rd 2017 11:39 pm
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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.


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Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble
Fakieghettobird #729586 November 04th 2017 5:07 am
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i just ordered a damper kit from rockauto if i have problems i will ask for help,thank's for your post,

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BigTime #729598 November 05th 2017 12:00 am
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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.


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Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble
Fakieghettobird #729669 November 08th 2017 10:37 pm
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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 cooler”, 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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Re: CHEVY G-Series Steering Damper Solution - For those who have had trouble
Fakieghettobird #729672 November 09th 2017 4:18 am
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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

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BigTime #729674 November 09th 2017 11:41 am
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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.


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Fakieghettobird #729744 November 11th 2017 11:39 pm
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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.


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Fakieghettobird #733283 February 20th 2018 10:06 am
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Hi Guys, is this one of the shock mount bolts from one of these kits?

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Fakieghettobird #733285 February 20th 2018 12:04 pm
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Yes, that is the center bolt mount.

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