mx5red
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So there are a lot of options for moving your steering stabilizer up out of the way.
You will need a clamp for your tie rod, make sure it’s the right size for whatever tie rod you have.
There are some simple lengthened track bar bolts, like the Synergy and TMR. These are horizontal mounts.
many have stripped the hex bolt on the synergy and replaced it (too lazy to look up size). TMR May be easier option.
People question the strength of a single shear mount for the stabilizer but I have not seen anybody post a failure, so it probably works fine. Plus if it fails it’s not going to strand you.
There are more double shear options, if that matters.
RockJock has a horizontal mount that is a little unique, the tail end of the bracket passenger side mounts to the bottom sway bar link.
There are comparable double shear vertical mounts from Metalcloak, Clayton, and SteerSmarts. I believe all three require drilling into the axle to stabilize the bracket.
Clayton as usual has a quality mount.
Metalcloak and Clayton raise the stabilizer mount a little above the track bar bolt, so higher than the synergy and TMR bolts would.
SteerSmarts is as usual the most expensive option. It is a vertical mount that is fairly in line with the track bar bolt and not raised. The downside is that it pushes the stabilizer closer to the differential.
Whether any of this matters I’m not sure, and may depend on each application.
How the stabilizer has to be oriented 3-dimensionally around different steering setups and diff covers plays a factor.
I started looking at this with the ExactCenter stabilizer and how people have it mounted but this applies to any stabilizer. Longer ones like the thru-shaft Fox/Nexus May hit different differential covers.
This is a pic from the ExactCenter thread:
That looks like it’s binding the SS bushing pretty good, whether that matters or not. But it seems like a vertical mount would fix this.
Another picture shows this is pretty even with the tie rod horizontally, which again probably depends on which tie rod mount is used.
Hope this helps people get a starting point to what they’re looking for, I’m interested in any comments or critiques.
You will need a clamp for your tie rod, make sure it’s the right size for whatever tie rod you have.
There are some simple lengthened track bar bolts, like the Synergy and TMR. These are horizontal mounts.
many have stripped the hex bolt on the synergy and replaced it (too lazy to look up size). TMR May be easier option.
People question the strength of a single shear mount for the stabilizer but I have not seen anybody post a failure, so it probably works fine. Plus if it fails it’s not going to strand you.
There are more double shear options, if that matters.
RockJock has a horizontal mount that is a little unique, the tail end of the bracket passenger side mounts to the bottom sway bar link.
There are comparable double shear vertical mounts from Metalcloak, Clayton, and SteerSmarts. I believe all three require drilling into the axle to stabilize the bracket.
Clayton as usual has a quality mount.
Metalcloak and Clayton raise the stabilizer mount a little above the track bar bolt, so higher than the synergy and TMR bolts would.
SteerSmarts is as usual the most expensive option. It is a vertical mount that is fairly in line with the track bar bolt and not raised. The downside is that it pushes the stabilizer closer to the differential.
Whether any of this matters I’m not sure, and may depend on each application.
How the stabilizer has to be oriented 3-dimensionally around different steering setups and diff covers plays a factor.
I started looking at this with the ExactCenter stabilizer and how people have it mounted but this applies to any stabilizer. Longer ones like the thru-shaft Fox/Nexus May hit different differential covers.
This is a pic from the ExactCenter thread:
That looks like it’s binding the SS bushing pretty good, whether that matters or not. But it seems like a vertical mount would fix this.
Another picture shows this is pretty even with the tie rod horizontally, which again probably depends on which tie rod mount is used.
Hope this helps people get a starting point to what they’re looking for, I’m interested in any comments or critiques.
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