The Teraflex Falcon Nexus EF 2.1 steering stabilizer is for those of you that have a
2007 and up JK with an aftermarket 1-5/8 inch tie rod on your Jeep, that are looking for
a very high-quality steering stabilizer that has a high-quality build but also a lot of
features built into it.
You are going to pay a premium for this steering stabilizer over a lot of the other ones on
the market, but again you are getting a very nice piece here.
As far as the installation goes it's a very simple one out of three wrench install.
Maybe about an hour's time to get this installed, and we'll talk a little more about that in
just a second.
Now, when you're looking at steering stabilizers it's very important to know what they do and
what they do not do.
A steering stabilizer, or more accurately, a steering dampener is there to help absorb
some of the shock that you would otherwise feel is transferred from the tires when you
hit a bump on the road up through your steering linkage into the steering wheel.
This is gonna suck up a little bit of that.
This is not there to fix a wobble, to fix death wobble, or to fix bump steer.
If you have any of those steering geometry issues you need to diagnose them and fix them,
not just try and cover them up with a new very fancy steering stabilizer.
All you're going to do is spend a lot of money on the steering stabilizer, and it's just
going to blow out prematurely and you're going to still have the same issue and have to replace
your stabilizer.
However, if you have a bent, broken, or leaking factory steering stabilizer, you are gonna
wanna replace it and this is going to be one option for you.
Now regardless of the size tires that you have on your Jeep, or the size lift you have
on your Jeep, that does not mean that you're going to have to install one of these much
more expensive, very fancy steering stabilizers.
The factory or OEM style steering stabilizer is going to work just fine for 99% of us regardless
of the setup you have on your Jeep.
In fact, if you have a properly set up steering geometry, a steering dampener is a luxury
and not even a necessity.
This is not something that you absolutely have to have on your Jeep.
All of that being said, if you have the Teraflex Falcon Nexus shocks on your Jeep, you want
the stabilizer to match, you have a little bit of extra money to throw into a stabilizer
or maybe you are one of those people that is doing some very high-speed offroading over
some washboards and you're going to really be able to use this to its fullest capability,
this is going to be a nice option.
So like I said this is gonna be more expensive than some of the other stabilizers out there
but it is going to be a very high quality of build.
Everything is going to look good, hold up really well underneath the Jeep, and you're
not going to end up with any sort of premature leaks.
The seals, everything, very well built, very well put together.
This is going to be a five-eighths piston rod, so again, not going to be susceptible
to bending or breaking.
Now, this is the 2.1, so this is the non-adjustable version of this.
It's gonna save you a little bit of money over that adjustable version.
This stabilizer is gonna run you right around $240.
That's going to be three to four times as much as a factory or OEM style steering stabilizer
can be purchased for.
And like I said for what most of us are using our Jeeps for, those much less expensive,
less fancy steering stabilizers are going to be just fine.
But if you are looking for something a little bit more upscale, you have a higher budget,
I do think this is a very well-built piece.
As far as the installation goes it's a very simple one out of three wrench install, maybe
about an hour's time to get this installed.
So now that we have our Jeep up in the air, you're gonna wanna point your wheels as straight
as possible.
After that, you're ready to uninstall the stock steering stabilizer.
We're gonna use an 18-millimeter socket to remove the nut from this backside and the
bolt from over there.
So now that we have our stock steering stabilizer off, we need to remove the factory bracket
on our tie rod set up.
So we're gonna use a 15-millimeter socket to remove this bolt and nut, and then we're
gonna bend the bracket to get it off of there.
So now we're ready to get our new stabilizer.
Ready to install.
So first we wanna center this shaft.
So we're gonna need to slide this down, measure both ends, and make them even.
Next we're gonna need to remove this clamshell.
So we're gonna use a five-millimeter Allen and we're gonna take out all six of these
bolts.
The four outer ones we're gonna remove completely.
So the new Teraflex steering stabilizer actually utilizes the track bar bolt hole.
So what we're gonna do is support our axle and remove that using a 21-millimeter.
Now, if you're on the ground, this may not be an issue but if you do have it up in the
air you may have some axle shift.
So what we're gonna do is use a ratchet strap to pull that axle over so we can get that
bolt in.
Now that we have the axle shifted over and the hole is clear through the track bar and
the mount, we're gonna go ahead and insert this stud through there, place this nut on
the backside.
So to tighten it up, we're gonna use an adjustable wrench on the front, and the 22-millimeter
on the backside.
So at this point in time, since the track bar is back in we're ready to remove our ratchet
strap and then we'll get this bolted the rest of the way on.
So with everything tightened up, you're ready to remove your pole jacks.
That wraps up our review and install.
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