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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 09:46 PM
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I bought one today at advanced auto parts and it is the whole kit i have to pick it up tomorrow but i have no clue how it is gonna be mounted?? I have no existing stabilizer and i see where it bolts to the axle tube but there's no hole or anything in my track bars or any of my steering bars...
 
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 10:08 PM
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Should come with a 'universal' bracket that bolts onto the cross bar. (whatever the keyword/tricky phrase for it is.)
 
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 03:52 AM
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I bought one today at advanced auto parts and it is the whole kit i have to pick it up tomorrow but i have no clue how it is gonna be mounted?? I have no existing stabilizer and i see where it bolts to the axle tube but there's no hole or anything in my track bars or any of my steering bars...
"SHOULD" of saved your money to purchase the 1 ton cross over steering then you wouldn't need a stabilizer.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 09:18 PM
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So i went to the store today and picked up my steering stabilizer which is 20 miles away got back home opened it up and realized it is not the right one for my truck. It has the 2 bolts so it is for the trucks with a hole in the track bar...... also the one bolt was to big to even go through the mount on the axle. So i think it is for the 2500 or 1 tons. This is what it is.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...RPSTERAMS_____
 
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I really need help finding one i can order that will work.
 
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The one you linked was for trucks that had it from the factory.... guess it was optional? This one seems to be a universal kit.... This one appears to be pretty much the same thing, but, cheaper.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 10:05 PM
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What you have there are 2wd? so your thinking maybe my truck didnt come from the factory with one so the 2wd are compatible and the 2wd ones mount to the bar and the axle will work? In the pictures i see the way it mounts to bar but how does it mount to axle?
 
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They are supposedly for 4wd trucks. My guess is, the other bracket bolts on to the axle somewhere... not exactly sure just how.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 10:13 PM
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Gotcha well i found this at autozone and it is for 2wd but looks the same

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...=35018_0_6717_
 
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Looks like exactly the same thing....... wonder what that's all about.
 
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