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alastaid

Member Since: 03 Dec 2013
Location: York
Posts: 78

How do you do the steering damper nut up?

Hi,

Getting round to bolting on my Peterborough bits, one of them is the Bilstein steering damper. So unlike suspension dampers it doesn't have the little tab bit on the end that you can hold to stop the thread spinning. It comes with a new nyloc, so there is no chance of doing it up as is. With all my strength I managed to compress the damper and get the eye bolt through, do I have to take this off again, let the damper extend and is there some flat or something on the shaft

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that you can use to stop it spinning?

Thanks

Alastair

23rd Sep 2017 9:04pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20765

You could try using the end of a small adjustable spanner on the thread tip. I thought when I did mine you could hold the body of the damper on genuine ones which maybe different to those. WeWillWinðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡§ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸
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23rd Sep 2017 10:31pm

williamthedog

Member Since: 29 Dec 2012
Location: south wales
Posts: 3441

Impact wrench easiest, if you haven't got one wrap a rag around the damper and hold it with a pair of stilsons. It will stop it spinning.

24th Sep 2017 7:28am

gilarion

Member Since: 05 Dec 2013
Location: Wales
Posts: 5117

2007 Defender 90 Other CSW Trident Green

You are having difficulty because you are fitting it the wrong way. At least not the way I was shown how to fit one.

I have always fitted the damper the other way round first insert long thread then hold the damper with a griper glove and tighten up the nut once the nut starts to bite it is easy to fully tighten, then pull the damper until you can locate the ‘hole’ end over the bolt bracket, place in the bolt tighten nut job done. For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..

http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1

24th Sep 2017 1:01pm

alastaid

Member Since: 03 Dec 2013
Location: York
Posts: 78

Right, for anyone else doing this, there is a hex key at the end of the thread, so put an allen key in, and do it up, bobs your uncle. Wish I had bothered to look earlier!

Thanks all

Alastair

24th Sep 2017 9:40pm

miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1776

Now put a blob of grease in that hex hole and something on the threads, so that when you come to remove it you just have to wipe it out, and not deal with a rusty road griney mess!

25th Sep 2017 8:22am

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