Steering dampers

[landyman Ash]

Ive got a standard LR steering damper on and the disco wobbles about alot (partly due to shot shocks....) but the damper looks pretty shot too.

Is it worth an after market one like a OME or procomp or are they simple a load of expensive white elephants...

Its not an off roader by the way, just a road going disco

[MuddyMachine]

Had my disco 18 months and gone through two OME flatening them off road.
I ot the relocation bracket of Wizard so i though i would treat myself to a decent damper.
I found a new Blisten on ebay and Inoticed the differance straight away. I just seemed to take the looseness out of the steering.

I only went for the blisten one use it was cheep on ebay, dont see why the others pro comp ect. would not be as good.

[chris9119]

BB is fitted with an Old Man one and I to noticed the difference :lol:

Also moved it out of the way

Chris

[hobbit]

Picked up a gas damper, and seems a lot better response than the old oil one

[landyman Ash]

Looks like an OME one it is...

That and the shocks and springs this forum is getting expensive!!  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

[hobbit]

Never ending mate

[landyman Ash]

Never ending mate

And there I was thinking the Disco would be cheap as it would stay standard.....      

[muddyweb]

You may have another issue that you are trying to mask with the damper.

If there is wear in the suspension components or your swivel preloads are all to pot, then this could be where the actual issue lies.

Take the damper off and give it a feel... should feel like a good suspension damper does... even resistance in both directions all along the stroke.

[Bulli]

dont get a decarbon one, the shockers seem fine but the damper i had seized solid in under a month. no visible damage . Need to do some work and had to remove it with a drift...solid, not impressed

[landyman Ash]

You may have another issue that you are trying to mask with the damper.

If there is wear in the suspension components or your swivel preloads are all to pot, then this could be where the actual issue lies.

Take the damper off and give it a feel... should feel like a good suspension damper does... even resistance in both directions all along the stroke.

To be honest Tim I have a lot of problems, worn shockers, bushes etc but they have all been identified. Doing it all at once so was wondering how much to spend....

I.e All OME etc

Think its 4 springs, shockers and a damper from Devon  

[landyman Ash]

dont get a decarbon one, the shockers seem fine but the damper i had seized solid in under a month. no visible damage . Need to do some work and had to remove it with a drift...solid, not impressed

Hate de-carbon stuff.  Seen too much of it break  

[Mace]

One small tip, I replaced my OK steering damper for a pro-comp one when I relocated the damper to up-front. The new one was mightily stiff by comparison to the old one but hey, it went on anyway. Trouble was I didn't do the nuts up tight enough, they were tight but not enough. I found that because the new damper was so stiff, the rubber bushes took all the fine vibrations and not the damper. Thought my wheels weren't balanced for ages until someone suggested doing em up real tight. Now the vibrations are absorbed by the damper and not left to shake the bushes about.

[landyman Ash]

One small tip, I replaced my OK steering damper for a pro-comp one when I relocated the damper to up-front. The new one was mightily stiff by comparison to the old one but hey, it went on anyway. Trouble was I didn't do the nuts up tight enough, they were tight but not enough. I found that because the new damper was so stiff, the rubber bushes took all the fine vibrations and not the damper. Thought my wheels weren't balanced for ages until someone suggested doing em up real tight. Now the vibrations are absorbed by the damper and not left to shake the bushes about.

I have a pro comp one on my hybrid and I found the nuts too VERY VERY tight.  It was a dog to fit.  On there now though and running great!!!

[Range Rover Blues]

I found the DeCarbon one being pressurised makes the steering biased in one direction.  That said, since I relocated it I've got a nasty vibration that I can't find so I've ended up with 2 dampers on there for now.