D1 / Defender terrafirma steering damper relocation kit TF527 (no longer needed)

[terryjm1]

Anybody have one surplus to their needs they want to let go?

Thanks,

Terry

 

[p m]

I don't think it'll solve your death wobble issue.
But if you insist - https://3rj.org/Auto/LandRover/CB_SteeringStabilizer/index.htm

 

[terryjm1]

Thank you! I was hoping something like that was around. On the relocation decision, both of the stock location mount bolts on the axle broke. I was considering the relocation as this will be my primary trail truck. The bolts breaking made the decision easier. I started to drill them out and decided to just go ahead and relocate the steering dampener as I had already put the terrafirma steering rods in.

The underside of the truck is quite rusty. Most of the bolts I either cut off or broke. Only the larger ones came off but with a lot of angst. I couldn’t get the panhard bushings out they were so rusty. I used a spare panhard and put the new bushings in it. The steering rods at every adjustment point we’re seized as well. Both are now in the scrap pile. This thing has really been a resurrection project.

 

[terryjm1]

I don't think it'll solve your death wobble issue.
But if you insist - https://3rj.org/Auto/LandRover/CB_SteeringStabilizer/index.htm

Thanks again for sharing this, I read it over and it is good diy stuff. I already have a new steering dampener so I will have to go a little different route for the frame side bracket. I already made the bar mount from some angle iron and picked up the u-bolts at the hardware store. (The terrafirma steering bars were loose in the back of a parts truck I picked up a while ago but the steering damper mount and u-bolts were missing.) If I don’t diy it this time, I definitely will on the next one.

 

[terryjm1]

I no longer need the terrafirma kit. After reviewing the how to document shared above and realizing my new D1 steering damper wouldn’t work with the the terrafirma relocation kit, I decided to look through my scrap metal pile and come up with a home made solution. (You need the Defender damper to use the relocation kit.)

Looking through my scrap metal pile I found that round heavy weight ( having a brain fart on what it is actually called) that sits behind the right side of the front axle. The mounting bracket was stil attached to it and I decided to have a hard look at the bracket to see if it could be part of the solution. I was pleasantly surprised the holes in it lined up with existing holes in the frame landing it exactly where the right side of the damper needs to mount. I trimmed it a bit and used a piece of angle iron (also in the scrap pile), drilled some holes, and bolted it to the bracket.

Next was mounting it to the steering rod on the left side. I had already prepared a bracket yesterday for this purpose when I was going to mount it in the stock location. I was able to attach it to the steering rod with $9 worth of u-bolts along with some other nuts and bolts I had already picked up at the local hardware store.

I did have to make a couple attempts with the angle iron as the first attempt put the steering dampener too close to the bottom of the angle iron brackets.

The whole assembly sits nicely behind the Safari Gard skid plate.

*I didn’t have time today to check but I may have to move the right side mount up a little and rotate the left side bracket back to assure there is clearance between the steering rod and damper. I will put a jack under the left rear corner to compress the right front spring to see if it is necessary.

Here are some photos: