Since I was putting a lift on and was looking at bigger tires I
figured that the stock stabilizer just wouldn't be enough. I was
putting my old OME kit on another Rubi and the OME stabilizer was going with it
so I needed another stabilizer. A couple of other people were running the
Monroe Steering Stabilizer and I had in the past so I decided to go back to
it. First impressions were great, while it isn't as big as the OME, it
certainly is stronger.
Just
a shot of how the Monroe looks next to the stock one. Not really
a lot of difference. Okay the body is much thicker. The
real strength is in how much force is required to expand and compress
this stabilizer.
1. First you will need to remove the old steering stabilizer. Now
I figured since mine was brand new it would be easy.
2. So I pulled out the cotter pin and removed the 19mm castellated
nut from the tie rod end of the stabilizer. Now all I needed
to do was remove the taper pin from the tie rod and that end of the
shock would be free. Now there are plenty of tricks to doing
this. Tapping on the sides of the tie rod around the pin usually
frees it up and it falls right out. Jeep put a hex head on the
pin, so I figured that I would be able get a wrench on there and give
it a twist. No luck there. So I pulled out the old gear
puller, I tightened it up and it still wouldn't come off. So
I tightened it up a little bit more and BANG, it came off.
3. Now all I needed to do was remove the 15mm bolt and 18mm nut
from the axle and the stabilizer is off.
4. I first placed a washer on the new tapered tie rod pin, then inserted
it into the stabilizer, another washer and then tighten down the nut.
One note, the washer with the big hole goes on first.
5. I first bolted the stabilizer to the axle bracket. Make certain
that you extend the stabilizer before you do this. It is easier
to push it in, than to pull it out. All that is left to do is
insert the Monroe provided taper pin in the tie rod, tighten down
the new castellated nut and insert the cotter pin.
