It's primary purpose is to control excessive feedback into the steering wheel. For example, when you hit a large pothole, some vehicles would feed back that energy into the steering shaft causing the steering wheel to jump left or right suddenly which could cause the driver to loose control of the vehicle. Not all vehicles need one of these.
A steering damper serves the same purpose as a shock absorber. Dennis
A steering damper is a shock absorber mounted between the axle and steering linkage. It lessens the amount of vibrations felt in the steering wheel.
No, the damper is just a shock absorber.
1952 chevy truck does not have a steering damper, where and how to mount steering damper on my 1952 chevy truck .thanks jim
The 1995 s10 blazer may have a damper. The damper will look like a shock connected to the steering assembly. You can look under the front end to see for sure.
Same device different name.
You can not that truck has rack and pinion steering.
That is the steering damper.
Check steering damper shock, tie rods, trac bar, wheel bearings, etc.Check steering damper shock, tie rods, trac bar, wheel bearings, etc.
to solve vibration problems
some cars yes (like 4 drive)
It does the same job as a shock absorber, helping the road springs.