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Offline benbenukuk

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steering damper
« on: February 29, 2008, 16:14:23 »
Hi, what will the advantage of getting a uprated steering damper be over the std one I have on my rrc, I read somewhere that you need one if you fit bigger tyres? thanks.  Ben
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Re: steering damper
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2008, 16:31:02 »
i have just changed mine, buy a standard genuine one, the uprated is total tosh, they are normally gass filled and this makes you drift to the left slightly as its always pushing 1 way as opposed to just damping in both directions.
cant wait o see the replies to this one. :D
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Re: steering damper
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2008, 21:02:46 »
 As Guardian says. Stick with the standard item.
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Re: steering damper
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2008, 23:07:26 »
PS WE RUN 35 / 12.5 / 15'S BFG MT'S
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Re: steering damper
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2008, 04:16:07 »
And IIRC you don't have castor correction :-k

I found the same on ours, fit a gas damper and it pulled to the right so I fitted a HD oil only damper (can't remember but it might have been a Gabriel).  Once I fitted castor correction I found that a gas pressurised damper made no difference to the handling.
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