Fox ATS Steering Stabilizer install
Unboxing - great quality construction as expected.
Removing old stabilizer. These three first. Remove 1 & 2 then slide shock off. Took some force and bent flanges out on 2 but they are not used for new stabilizer. Once you get shock off, then remove 3.
Getting the bracket off from the tie-rod can be challenging (you have to bend it). I don't own a torch (yet) so I used force. I created a lever to hold one side of the bracket and used monkey wrench to bend the other side. This took quite a bit of force but I bet a torch and some heat would make this much easier.
Now, You remove the Trackbar bolt near the passenger front wheel, and replace it with the bolt that comes with the kit (forgot to take a photo of this bolt but it has two threaded shafts with a nut in the middle. Longer shaft goes back through Trackbar where you removed the factory bolt and the other end of the shaft comes out toward the front of the vehicle and this is where the eyelet for the shock goes.
Turn steering wheel all the way toward passenger side of vehicle.
Adjust the stabilizer so that 1/4 of the shaft is exposed on the left side (as you look at it, see photo).
At this time, you will install the 4 pinch bolts into the tie-rod mounting bracket. The instructions didn't say, but I used blue locktite on these.
Once this is tight, have your helper turn the steering wheel back to the center and then left slowly while you look for and obstructions.
The instructions say that if you have a 2012+ with less that 2.5" of lift, then you need to rotate the reservoir down toward the rear of the vehicle to avoid contact with obstructions. I did this and it is easy, just make sure you loosen the corrent pinch bolt on the "L" bracket as they describe. The wrong (smaller allen bolt) will bleed out shock oil like I did:thinking:
Other than these few challenges, the instructions that it came with are pretty good.
I back the adjuster screw all the way out (counter-clockwise) and then went clockwise 14 clicks because that is where I read the "sweet-spot" is and then drove it. WOW! What a difference over stock and I don't even have my 35's on yet. The jeep handles way more "locked in" feeling and is very smooth over bumps with no pull in either direction. I will keep it at 14 until I put my wheels and tires on and then maybe adjust it some more.
I hope this helps anyone that is thinking about purchasing/installing this stabilizer.
