BD Diesel Performance Steering Box Stabilizer - Dodge Ram Steering Fix

Here, you can see that the sway bar bolts have been removed, and the middle of the bar is supported so that its weight does not place too much stress on the sway bar end link bushings.

Next, the 15/16-inch sector shaft nut is removed and discarded. It will be replaced by a new, longer nut supplied in the BD kit.

The replacement BD nut is installed on the sector shaft with the original lock washer. A 11/4-inch deep socket is used to torque the nut to 180 ft-lb.

The brace is then positioned with its mounting tabs located over the factory sway bar mounting holes in the frame on either side. The bearing plate should be centered on the sector shaft nut.

Longer 17mm fasteners supplied in the BD kit are then used to sandwich the steering brace tabs between the sway bar mounts and frame on either side. The fasteners are left snug, but not tightened until the installation is complete.

Next, we made sure the sector shaft nut could rotate freely. Set screws on the bearing assembly are treated to a few drops of blue thread locker and then tightened with a small Allen wrench. After this step, the brace may be fully tightened.

The supplied bearing assembly is then installed over the longer BD sector shaft nut. These fasteners should be left snug, but not tight. Now the four 17mm mounting bolts can be torqued to 40 ft-lb.

The bearing assembly is then greased using the integral zerk fitting. The grease is pumped in until it begins to flow out of the bottom. BD recommends that the bearing be checked and/or regreased at every oil change.

Here is what the finished SBS installation looks like. Even allowing for time to take photos, the whole job took less than 30 minutes.