Steering Dampner
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Racer
Joined: May 2004
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From: Boca Raton Fl
Steering Dampner
Preparing to do some front end work.
Noticed in diagrams there is a steering dampner with 2 brackets.
Not on my car!
Neither bracket or dampner to be found
Is this normal on a 1968 with no power steering?
Are they not necessary on some models?
Mabye this explains a couple things
If I am to add one how do you get the frame mount bracket reinforcemnt bolts inside the frame?
Is there a better dampner than OEM?
Noticed in diagrams there is a steering dampner with 2 brackets.
Not on my car!
Neither bracket or dampner to be found
Is this normal on a 1968 with no power steering?
Are they not necessary on some models?
Mabye this explains a couple things
If I am to add one how do you get the frame mount bracket reinforcemnt bolts inside the frame?
Is there a better dampner than OEM?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 6,001
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From: Saginaw Michigan
The C2 Corvettes had a steering damper hooked to the relay rod on all manual steering vehicles. Sometime around when the C3 went into production it was eliminated. There were no changes to the gear from C2 to C3 vehicles but sometimes subtle changes in the chassis, suspension, etc can change the vehicle enough to eliminate the need for things like dampers. Sometimes it was decided that it just cost too much for the benefit gained.
Steering dampers are usually added when a car is found to have a resonance as it makes a gradual turn while driving over chatter bumps. This resonance would cause the steering wheel to rapidly oscillate in your hands.
99% of the time you probably would never notice if you had a damper or not. If you did a lot of Autocrossing you might appreciate one.
I thought that I had a folder on the C2 steering damper but I don't seem to be able to find it. If you can find a NOS damper, that would probably be the best that you could put on the car. I don't think that anyone tried to develop an alternate design.
Steering dampers are usually added when a car is found to have a resonance as it makes a gradual turn while driving over chatter bumps. This resonance would cause the steering wheel to rapidly oscillate in your hands.
99% of the time you probably would never notice if you had a damper or not. If you did a lot of Autocrossing you might appreciate one.
I thought that I had a folder on the C2 steering damper but I don't seem to be able to find it. If you can find a NOS damper, that would probably be the best that you could put on the car. I don't think that anyone tried to develop an alternate design.
