I wish all instructional videos on youtube were as well done as this one. No irritating music with focused video done clearly step by step and spot on audio that explains process accurately as it is done. I spent 33 yrs. in medicine and this is as simple and direct as any instructions I saw in that field. Nice background in audio of birds chirping.
Extremely pleased! I bought this steering stabilizer kit and installed it today. I’m shocked at the difference it made in the steering. Tight and stabile. This is the single greatest aftermarket product I’ve ever purchased. I highly recommend this to all Dodge Ram owners. Especially for those lifted with big tires. Not difficult at all to install. I didn’t have air impact but I did have a 1” breaker bar with a 6 foot pipe that easily busted the 185-LB torqued pitman nut.
I will echo other commenters about what a difference this thing made. I installed mine yesterday, but I thought I'd point out something that isn't addressed in any of these installation videos. When I first opened the box and saw the enclosed parts I thought to myself, 7 bolts, how hard could this be? It took me almost 2 1/2 hours to install, because I couldn't get one side to flush up against the frame. I finally figured out (by a small sentence in the enclosed instructions) LOOSEN THE SWAY BAR END LINK NUTS! Once I did that, everything moved around nicely and I was able to get it flushed up tight.
Nice job man! You did a great job showing how to put that in. Just ordered one of these for my 01 1500. Unfortunately my steering box has a leak so need to address that first.
Hey buddy, love the videos. I've got a 96 ram 1500 with all of these pains. I wanted to ask What you opinion was of going ahead and replacing all of the bushings and end links on the stabilizer bar while you have it disconnected to install the steering box bar. Have a blessed Easter!
The dodge trucks have a track bar and it's not too difficult to find images of track bars for the dodge trucks. The bushings tend to go on them, and the bolts have to be changed out from time to time.
I found the only way to remove the pitman arm is to use a torque wrench. I mushroomed 3 pitman arm pullers by wrenching it bu hand. air is the only way I found to work.is it worth the 100 or so bucks? great channel thx man
Hello, good evening, where they sell this upgrade ?, you fabricate that piece ?, I wonder if you can send me the steps to put it together, I hope your answer thanks, very good video, her work was very good
I have replaced everything in the front end from the wheel beerings and ball joints up to the actual column. still have aprox 1 inch of play when traveling straight. mines a 98 1500 5.9 gas. do you think I will see an improvement? how much did you see?
Under a special The wander especially on second gen Dodge diesels is the track bar. The bracket in the video is for the steering box and it's a very good investment. Look up Luke's link to fix track bar issues.
What are the benefits of this? Will this eliminate sloppy steering. I have done been up and down with loose steering in this 1998 Dodge Ram 360 4x4. Have replaced intermediate steering shaft, steering column bearing replaced with rock solid bushing, and finally power steering gear box and also tie rods, sway bar links. Front end is solid just has slight slop to steering. What to do next?
Darla L. I just installed this piece to my truck it's amazing. The basic goal of this is to eliminate the pressure in all your steering components. It just takes the tension off of everything and makes all of your steering components last longer plus putting an extra bar in between to make everything more solid. But one thing before I installed this that I replaced, and FYI I have a 98 Ram 1500 5.9L with leveling kit and 33" open country's, is my track bar. Believe it or not when the track bar goes bad most of your other components start to go bad as well. Hope this helps
+Christopher Edwards , being a female here..where is the track bar located? sway bar? we have replaced damn near every part possible in the front end...about to install this stabilizer bar. i have a 96 ram 1500, 5.2 318. new tires and everything. replaced steering box 3 times already. praying for a miracle here as i am sick and tired of road walking and it having a mind of its own. Also i have oversized tires which i am sure adds to these problems. i think the wear of the oversized tires finally took out the front end... i think stabilizer bars should go on dodge trucks from the start..especially if you plan on making any changes like oversized tires and/or lift kits etc.
There is no original stabilizer bar. If you mean sway bar, this is a brace for the steering box, while it mounts to the same holes as the sway bar, it doesn't do the same job. Btw, get the Prothane sway bar bushings, you'll thank me later. They're like $20. The factory or parts store rubber ones are shit.
whats a track bar? all bushings have been replaced. also control arm on left side along with ball joints..upper and lower. pittman arm, idler arm, inner outer tie rods also have been replaced.
Paul Landin welp it fixed my problems and i dont have a sway bar no more jerkin the wheel to say in one line no more if you hit a bump it doesnt wander its worth the money fixed all my steering problems
+CCWSig sorry I'm just now seeing this. the play I see is on the input shaft into the gear box. I've replaced it twice and still have minimum play even after adjusting the gear box.
+CCWSig, i am about to get this stabilizer put on my truck. the steering box has been replaced 3 times so that is not the answer... and that play is still there. probably BAD re-manufactured boxes. cant seem to get any good ones. i have a 96 dodge ram 1500 and we have almost replaced every part on the front end. I pray to GOD this stabilizer bar will work. its been ongoing for over a year. a year of road walking all over the place.
Installed stabilizer bar. Hallelujah. It fixed the road walking. i still have slight play in wheel but no more road walking. it was easy to install...now just got to figure out why the play in the wheel...
I wish all instructional videos on youtube were as well done as this one. No irritating music with focused video done clearly step by step and spot on audio that explains process accurately as it is done. I spent 33 yrs. in medicine and this is as simple and direct as any instructions I saw in that field. Nice background in audio of birds chirping.
Extremely pleased!
I bought this steering stabilizer kit and installed it today. I’m shocked at the difference it made in the steering. Tight and stabile. This is the single greatest aftermarket product I’ve ever purchased.
I highly recommend this to all Dodge Ram owners. Especially for those lifted with big tires. Not difficult at all to install. I didn’t have air impact but I did have a 1” breaker bar with a 6 foot pipe that easily busted the 185-LB torqued pitman nut.
Is it worth it even if I don’t have a death wobble ?
Still working?
I put mine on 4 years ago. Clearly smart investment into my trucks longevity. Keep the good stuff coming.
This is only for four wheel drives right.
I will echo other commenters about what a difference this thing made. I installed mine yesterday, but I thought I'd point out something that isn't addressed in any of these installation videos. When I first opened the box and saw the enclosed parts I thought to myself, 7 bolts, how hard could this be? It took me almost 2 1/2 hours to install, because I couldn't get one side to flush up against the frame. I finally figured out (by a small sentence in the enclosed instructions) LOOSEN THE SWAY BAR END LINK NUTS! Once I did that, everything moved around nicely and I was able to get it flushed up tight.
Very good video. Just what I needed. Just ordered my stabilizer for my '96 Ram 1500. Thanks!
Nice job man! You did a great job showing how to put that in. Just ordered one of these for my 01 1500. Unfortunately my steering box has a leak so need to address that first.
Easy to follow video. Thanks just what I needed!
Another great video and good instruction(s)...thanks
Hey buddy, love the videos. I've got a 96 ram 1500 with all of these pains. I wanted to ask What you opinion was of going ahead and replacing all of the bushings and end links on the stabilizer bar while you have it disconnected to install the steering box bar.
Have a blessed Easter!
The dodge trucks have a track bar and it's not too difficult to find images of track bars for the dodge trucks. The bushings tend to go on them, and the bolts have to be changed out from time to time.
Very helpful thank you
Nice video, helped me alot 👍
Nice job thanks
I found the only way to remove the pitman arm is to use a torque wrench. I mushroomed 3 pitman arm pullers by wrenching it bu hand. air is the only way I found to work.is it worth the 100 or so bucks? great channel thx man
Hey bud did the stabilizer bar make a big difference ??
I have a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 Mega-cab with 5.7 hemi, will this cure my death wooble problems?
How long does this installation take?
I’m hoping this helps death wobble on my 2002 dodge 3500
Did it?
lol it really did, didnt it
Just bought one off ebay 44 bucks and its excellent equality. As good as name brand
You get what you pay for js
Not when they’re all made in china, you get what you get regardless of price
@@Keith-jp6jw yes i realize now they are all made in china. Its still doing good though.
But did it work. I have a 98 dodge ram 1500 5.9
When I go to your link it takes me to 4x4 options
Hello, good evening, where they sell this upgrade ?, you fabricate that piece ?, I wonder if you can send me the steps to put it together, I hope your answer thanks, very good video, her work was very good
ok. gracias
How did brace work on truck ?
How do u take off the lock washer
did you buy this used or are you just redoing it for the video ?
I have replaced everything in the front end from the wheel beerings and ball joints up to the actual column. still have aprox 1 inch of play when traveling straight. mines a 98 1500 5.9 gas. do you think I will see an improvement? how much did you see?
Track Bar, or steering box itself.
Under a special The wander especially on second gen Dodge diesels is the track bar. The bracket in the video is for the steering box and it's a very good investment. Look up Luke's link to fix track bar issues.
What are the benefits of this? Will this eliminate sloppy steering. I have done been up and down with loose steering in this 1998 Dodge Ram 360 4x4. Have replaced intermediate steering shaft, steering column bearing replaced with rock solid bushing, and finally power steering gear box and also tie rods, sway bar links. Front end is solid just has slight slop to steering. What to do next?
Darla L. I just installed this piece to my truck it's amazing. The basic goal of this is to eliminate the pressure in all your steering components. It just takes the tension off of everything and makes all of your steering components last longer plus putting an extra bar in between to make everything more solid. But one thing before I installed this that I replaced, and FYI I have a 98 Ram 1500 5.9L with leveling kit and 33" open country's, is my track bar. Believe it or not when the track bar goes bad most of your other components start to go bad as well. Hope this helps
+Christopher Edwards , being a female here..where is the track bar located? sway bar? we have replaced damn near every part possible in the front end...about to install this stabilizer bar. i have a 96 ram 1500, 5.2 318. new tires and everything. replaced steering box 3 times already. praying for a miracle here as i am sick and tired of road walking and it having a mind of its own. Also i have oversized tires which i am sure adds to these problems. i think the wear of the oversized tires finally took out the front end... i think stabilizer bars should go on dodge trucks from the start..especially if you plan on making any changes like oversized tires and/or lift kits etc.
Anyone know what size socket you need to take off the bolt on the pitman arm. Looks big
One an one half inch.
What is the part number for that bracket
Nice job,but the lock washer goes on the nut side
Where do you buy this product?
what year is this truck?
is this an upgrade to the origanal stabilizer bar
There is no original stabilizer bar. If you mean sway bar, this is a brace for the steering box, while it mounts to the same holes as the sway bar, it doesn't do the same job. Btw, get the Prothane sway bar bushings, you'll thank me later. They're like $20. The factory or parts store rubber ones are shit.
Did you do the stabilizer bar bushing when you added the stabilizer bar...?
+BigRed56 ???
I meant to write - Did you do your track bar bushings at the same time you added the gear box stabilizer...?
whats a track bar? all bushings have been replaced. also control arm on left side along with ball joints..upper and lower. pittman arm, idler arm, inner outer tie rods also have been replaced.
+BigRed56 , also 3 steering gear boxes replaced so far. all which have been a piece of shit. major play in them.
+xena3546 . you mean..Sway bar?
What year? 2nd Gen or 3rd Gen?
Does it solve the steering problem ?
Disaster Prophet no. But it helps. After I installed installed one I realized that the track bar bushings are the real issue.
I think it helps save your gearbox over time I think it is a very worthwhile and cheap bracket kit because the gearboxes are expensive.
After doing the install how did it drive going over bumps? Did it hit hard and want to drift or did it fix it?
Paul Landin welp it fixed my problems and i dont have a sway bar no more jerkin the wheel to say in one line no more if you hit a bump it doesnt wander its worth the money fixed all my steering problems
Scary not attention paid to torquing the new nut down on the pitman arm shaft. using a crescent wrench instead. Dangerous method
Dodgeramsteeringstabilizer.com..............$120 plus s&h, just ordered it.
dammit i just ordered one yesterday from another site for $195...
felix tino I just ordered a coaler kit for 56 bucks with all the same stuff hope it works
Amazon has them for $65
Seems like a band-aid to me. A steering gear box in good working order will not have play in the output shaft.
Sorry but you are totally incorrect. I have replaced the entire steering system in my 96 ram and still has play even with the column replacement.
Chris Atkinson IN the steering column, our the output shaft for the gear box?
+CCWSig sorry I'm just now seeing this. the play I see is on the input shaft into the gear box. I've replaced it twice and still have minimum play even after adjusting the gear box.
+CCWSig, i am about to get this stabilizer put on my truck. the steering box has been replaced 3 times so that is not the answer... and that play is still there. probably BAD re-manufactured boxes. cant seem to get any good ones. i have a 96 dodge ram 1500 and we have almost replaced every part on the front end. I pray to GOD this stabilizer bar will work. its been ongoing for over a year. a year of road walking all over the place.
Installed stabilizer bar. Hallelujah. It fixed the road walking. i still have slight play in wheel but no more road walking. it was easy to install...now just got to figure out why the play in the wheel...