SimplGy / itasca-navion-23J

Tracks Repair and Upgrade Work for my RV
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Upgrade rear sway bar for more stability #64

Open SimplGy opened 8 years ago

SimplGy commented 8 years ago

Lots of rocking when going over speed bumps diagonally at low speed, and lots of lean on curves.

Most owners upgrade to a "Hellwig" anti-sway bar.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/View-Navion/conversations/topics/180384

We just drove California Highway 1 from Bodega Bay to Highway 101. There must be a couple of miles of straight road in that whole route. I can guarantee you it would have been a much less pleasant drive without our Roadmaster add on anti sway bar. Our View drives much more like a well handling car than a motorhome. The additional anti sway bar is an enormous improvement over stock.

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Another vote for this modification, installed my Helwig yesterday.. only one bolt was problematic... and having an 05 chassis on my 06 required some small adjustment of the U shaped end of the links that connect the end of the swaybar to the frame of the chassis. Drove to freeway and immediately notice difference when going over any road imperfection when turning (coach would sway once, then settle) vs the original that would sway back and forth 3x or 4x times whenever a small pothole or road height change was encountered when turning off one road onto another. Clear improvement when Semi's blow by at 70 and I am going 65 or 60. Agree.. best $156 and couple hours of wrenching I have invested so far.

SimplGy commented 8 years ago

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SimplGy commented 8 years ago

Could also be improved by sumo springs, maybe.

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