Reply With QuoteI can help with that by removing your winch for you. Problem solved
What dampener were you trying to fit?
Master
PSA - Steering Dampers
Just found out the hard way (and Expensive).
If you have a PTO winch fitted, you cannot fit anything other than a standard size damper. No RTC dampers or ones with a bigger bore.
This is due to the fact that there is basically no clearance between the winch driveshaft and the damper.
Fitting a bigger bore damper or an RTC damper with the coil spring will result in it fouling on the driveshaft.
Luckily i realized this when trying to install it; something would have broken the first time I hit a bump.
Only $140 wasted.
Wizard
I can help with that by removing your winch for you. Problem solved
What dampener were you trying to fit?
Master
heh. My winch stays where it is!Originally Posted by BadCo.
I can help with that by removing your winch for you. Problem solved
What dampener were you trying to fit?
This is what I was going to fit. The spring catches on the winch driveshaft.
Waiting to hear back from them if I can just remove the spring and use it as a standard damper, but I suspect it requires different bushings on one end to do that.
Wizard
May I ask why you were going to use a RTC type dampener?
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All they do is mask other faults until such time as a failure occurs
Wizard
Ffs shush you!All they do is mask other faults until such time as a failure occurs
I have heard this about RTC dampeners all over the place and I wanted to know Chris's reasoning for wanting to use one. I haven't had any personal experience with them, but they look cool
I'm surprised they are even legal in Australia! I think they are looking at outlawing them over here, or have done already.
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Master
Well in the end I contacted Tough Dog themselves and they checked with their engineering dept and they told me it's fine to fit it without the spring.
Still has more than adequate damping. After a bit of a drive over some bumpy tarmac, they seem to be correct. Feels much nicer and doesn't kick as much.
I just thought an RTC damper would make it a bit easier to drive. Didn't have any negative remarks when I was searching around for a damper.
Anyway, this one seems to have calmed down the front a bit - that's really what I was after anyway.
Wizard
Did you have wandering before?
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Master
It wasn't wandering so much (though it does do that a bit; new tie rod ends and pitman arm balljoint are on the way from the UK to hopefully fit that)
but it kicked like a mule from even the smallest pebble.
A pot hole felt like a damn mine shaft, and the wider tyres I fitted just made things worse.
This has quieted that down quite a bit. Hopefully the other new parts will fix it up entirely.
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