Thread: D1 steering damper

This is not answering your question but you'd be better off relocating the damper to the steering drag link (in front of the axle). It works the same & is out of harms way. Defenders have them there as standard.

Upgrade the track rod to HD too.

here although not a great pic as you can only just see it behind the bash plate

Originally Posted by dullbird

here although not a great pic as you can only just see it behind the bash plate

I liked the way you managed to get the disco in the background.

hahahah that was an old pajero

Smack on the hand for you and 100 lines...

"I must be better at spotting disco's to be an enthusiast"
"I must be better at spotting disco's to be an enthusiast"
"I must be better at spotting disco's to be an enthusiast"
"I must be better at spotting disco's to be an enthusiast"

Shame on me.

Hi Barjop - I have an OME damper and the shroud end is on chassis (drivers side)
It's slightly higher on that end so I guess any water and muck 'n stuff will drain out that way?
Matti

Scouse, thanks for the info I did investigate this option as its very sound and gets the damper way out of the way. The only one I found was an LRA version which uses one of the steering protector mounting points. As I have an ARB bullbar with winch and protector it eliminates mounting the damper using their system.

Dullbird. I saw your setup in a post ealier today and my eyes lit up. I could not tell if it was mounted on a disco or not. If it is, where did you source the mounting brackets for both the steering rod and the fixed point. It also looks like you can then utilize the original damper as well. This could save me a lot of problems in the future

Regards
Barjop

The mounting bracket for the rod can be sourced at a decent 4x4 shop or a bigger (truck maybe) wheel alignment place. They often fit steering damper to vehicles that never had them from new & use a universal clamp to mount the damper on the rod.

The other end is not critical. The damper is a pin type mount so anything can be used to mount it as long as it's strong enough. Lou has used a bracket just like mine but it doesn't have to be mounted in the exact same spot. It can be more to the centre of the car if need be (just make sure the damper itself has sufficient travel in either direction).