STEERING

 

TOUGH DOGS' award winning ‘SV’ adjustable damper is the only one of its kind to offer users the ability to adjust the damping force to suit driving style and conditions...

*THIS IS AS PICTURED A EYE/PIN DAMPENER* - ASK US IF YOUR NOT SURE IF IT WILL FIT YOUR VEHICLE

• Superb road handling characteristics

• 35mm bore for heavy-duty use

• Help eliminate shimmy

• 2 Year/40,000 km warranty

• 3 Year / unlimited km manufactures warranty recreational use (Conditions Apply)

A steering dampener is simply a damper designed for your steering, It is important however to realize that a steering dampener does NOT and WILL NOT FIX any steering problem. It will only dampen the symptoms.

Stock steering dampeners are designed for stock steering and stock tires. They work well in this application (until around the 100000km mark) and ONLY this application. Throw on some 33” or 35” tires and you’ll be left with a dampener that is not up to the task. When the tire size increases, the steering dampener should be upgraded as well. Larger, aftermarket tires are significantly heavier and harder to control than factory tires, even in on-road applications.

In short the dampeners job is to reduce bump steer feed back into the steering wheel

There are two MAIN types of aftermarket steering dampeners, Emulsion and IFP (Internal Floating Piston). Both are “gas” charged and contain oil. Emulsion shocks are significantly cheaper than their IFP counterpart. These dampers mix the oil with the gas charge. Although the oil is pressurized by the gas, emulsion shocks do not function well in horizontally mounted applications; i.e. steering dampeners. When mounted on its side, the oil rests on the bottom as it’s heavier than the gas which rises to the top. The result, a piston that’s only half-submerged in oil. When the piston starts working back and forth, it’s sloshing and foaming the oil offering almost no damping. For this reason we ALWAYS try to steer people away from emulsion style dampeners. There is another kind…which is foam cell (instead of the nitrogen gas in with the oil sloshing around, its impregnated into foam…and resides in the shock which has no ‘air’ cavity in it…thus the piston is ALWAYS moving though 100% oil. For this reason it will far out preform ANY emulsion style dampener. We sell A LOT of HD 9ways Adjustable Tough Dog steering dampeners for this reason. The Fox you see is an IFP style…and only really suited to offroad focused builds do to its extra firm dampening.

Sorry – that turned into an essay quickly!

 

LEMFÖRDER - Top of their game

There is no doubt that Lemforder have got the reputation of being the toughest, and longest lasting tie rod end on the market for Land Rovers...and its a reputation well deserved in our opinion!

If you are looking for the longest lasting most reliable tie rod ends - then these are for you. Will outlast ANY cheaper greasable units by a long shot.

this is the ONLY tie rod end we recomend using with our Chromoly Track rods and Drag Links due to the superior strength of these

IF YOUR REPLACING ALL YOUR TIE ROD ENDS:

• DEFENDER: 2x RH & 1x LH
• DICOVERY 1 POST 93: 2x RH & 2x LH

 

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ALSO required for Disco 1 & RRC is a replacement steering dampener bracket. You can use the Maxidrive machined aluminum bracket for this purpose. Don't forget to add it to your cart if need one!

There are other options also for your steering dampener location and bracket. You can also relocate it to the front using a few different methods. Ask us your options if you are considering this.

P38 Rod will now take our D1/Defender Lemforder LH & RH tie rod ends we have listed.

P38 will also need a pin mount steering damper bracket

 

 

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Never be caught out in the bush trying to straighten you stock items with the winch again.

A big 32mm OD dia, 350mPa

This bar puts the stock items to shame!

One of the first upgrades any who is heading offroad regularly with their Rover should be doing. You cant steer...you cant get home!

Zinc plated for long life

 

P38 Rod will now take our D1/Defender Lemforder LH & RH tie rod ends we have listed.

P38 will also need a pin mount steering damper bracket

 HD DOUBLE SHEER Steering Dampener Bracket

• 10mm Steel Plate for heavy offroad use
• Stainless steel M8 U-bolts
• Hi Tensile zinc M10 bolt
• Double sheer design - stronger than our single sheer bracket

Perfect for Defenders/Perenties undergoing the Disco 1 Drag Link conversion, and Also Discovery 1 relocating the steering damper from the track rod to the drag link up front

 

Bilstein Steering Dampener

You know you are buying quality when you are looking at Bilstein!

Bilstein B36

Eye to Pin Dampener

 

HD Steering Dampener Bracket

Suitable for use when converting your Defender, RRC or Perentie to a Disco 1 pitman arm & draglink setup.

Can also be used when relocating your D1 steering dampener from the track rod to the Drag link get get it up and out of harms way when offroading

• 6mm Steel Plate
• Stainless steel M8 U-bolts
• Hi Tensile zinc Dampener mounting bolt

 

HD FOX Racing Steering Dampener Bracket

Suitable for use when converting your Defender, RRC or Perentie to a Disco 1 pitman arm & draglink setup and running a FOX Dampener (will require eye mount chassis tabs)

Can also be used when relocating your D1 steering dampener from the track rod to the Drag link and employing a Fox Dampener. (will require eye mount chassis tabs)

• 10mm Steel Plate for heavy offroad or race use

• Stainless steel M8 U-bolts

• Hi Tensile zinc 1/2" UNF Dampener mounting bolt

 

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Steering Dampener Bracket CNC machined from Solid Aluminum Billet

Required for RRC and Disco 1 planning to run the Maxidrive Track Rod

To Suit Maxidrive Drag-links

*If converting your Defender to a Disco1 Pitman arm AND drag link -  You will also need to use a Pin to Pin  steering dampner if you would like to use this product. Alternatively you can run an eye to pin dampener using one of our KINGPIN Dampener Brackets*