Steering Stabilizer question

[Solid Soup]

Okay, bone head move of the month.

Jack up the car (front end) jack slips (have since bought a new kicka$$ jack) and crunches the black hydraulic tube just above my sway bar, attached to the steering system. I searched the TSRM and online here and only found 1 thread sort of mentioning what it is and as far as I can see it is the steering stabilizer/damper. I pulled it out, pounded it back into as good a shape as I could and reinstalled. Slight hesitiation in steering but very driveable and no binding concerns (steering is important right?)

If I remove this thing and drive without, should I expect any significant probelsm until I can hit the wrecker this weekend to get a new one? And what is the exact name for this thing anyway?

Thanks!

 

[Facime]

no it will be ok to run without it for a short period of time. Might make the steering feel a little wierd is all

 

[Solid Soup]

sweet, any idea what one is worth?

 

[Facime]

never had to buy one for the Sup' ...$50 maybe? used maybe $20?

 

[Solid Soup]

COme on now...it's toyota....they have to jack the price up at least 40 bucks just because . Thanks for the help btw....

 

[Facime]

Thats why you find it aftermarket not from the Stealership. I honestly have no idea what they cost though. Its basically just a shock absorber though, not exactly sophisticated

 

[Solid Soup]

for everyone's interest. DONT BEND YOUR STEERING STABILIZER. In Canada with teh "good guy discount" (used to work there) it is $315 Cdn....YOWSA!!

 

[supra90turbo]

Steering stabilizer? since when do supras have these?

 

[Facime]

yikes! damn canadian markup huh?

and yes mk3's have them.

 

[3p141592654]

Only the pre-89s have the dampener. The later PPS models didn't use it.