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Just like I said to my mate the other day, after he'd melted he's shifter cable needing to turn around in the snow............rear diff lock and stand on it:twisted:, sure enough it turned around:DQuote:
Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE
But thats a Nissan with Holden EFI 5l:angel: and no constant 4x4;)
From experience i had a new bilstein damper fitted to a RRC by someone that was fiited the wrong way around , and no it didnt want to go bush :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by rovercare
The damper is simply there to stop the steering going mad when something hits the wheel. Most basic ones do the job fine. If it is causing handling problems I would think that the obvious solution is to get rid of it and buy one that does not want to extend under its own power.
I fitted a new Bilstein damper to my 1990 rangie classic and had the same problem - it was a right pain. I removed it after one trip. Took it off replaced it with an older one and no problems. M R Automotive said that they can get the amount of gas in them reduced - which should fix this problem. And all my steering etc is good so definately the dampner was the issue.
I believe Camo had the same problem with his rangie and bilstein dampner
Wonder how a "battery" of boot and bonnet struts would go, all welded into one convenient little package??? :BigThumb:
Have an equal amount opposing each other until it is neutral in load.......?? hmmmmmmm
.. or do mathmatics prevail and negate the neutralisation into nothing..... 0....... neutral in fact.. which brings me back to the start........??????? hmmmmmmmmm
I fitted a billie steering damper to the defender before our Madigan trip, in my opinion it made the vehicle much more pleasant to drive.
What I can say though, is when I got the steering box reco'd a few years ago the guy gave me very specific instructions on how to set it up (centre ?), when I put it back in saying 'very few are set up correctly from the factory' I wonder if this would make a difference.
Martyn
I have the Bilstein damper and havent notices any issues with it. Could it be that some of the are valved differently?
Angus
As r.over says, the damper is there for extreme steering impacts. If it is needed to make the car more driveable on the road, then something else needs fixing (although a RTC damper may be the cheapest fix for handling that has been upset by a lift or wide tyres). And similarly, if it has a significant adverse effect on driving on the road, then it has a problem, although usually it should drive slightly better without the damper.
John
I hear ya Wally, I recently fitted one to my 90 and what a pain. It's still there out of spite of how much they cost! I'll be buggered if I'm spending any more money on it either.
It certainly is tighter than the munro job though.
The point is not the purpose of the dampner or what it does or how it makes the car drive but that where previously you were able to remove your hand from the steering wheel the car would continue in a straight line (not a safe practice) but after the bilstein is fitted you constantly have to steer with pressure on the steering wheel as if you are making a slight left hand turn in order to keep going straight ahead.
Possible cause is too much gas in the dampner making it extend too much thus causing the vehicle to want to swerve to the right.
I have one its done 200km and back in the box it came in because it sucked.