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F4Jock
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May 31, 2018

Body Roll - What Have You Done?

I just got done installing SumoSprings and Loni shocks in our motorhome. While this has really helped body roll I was wondering if there was anything else I could do to minimize it further? I cannot do the CHF on my year f53.
  • 10forty2 wrote:
    If you haven't already, replace your sway bar bushings. On my 1999 when I first got it a few years ago, I had pretty bad body roll, or sway. I checked on the bushings and they were deteriorated to the point of basically being gone! Replaced them with poly bushings front and rear, and the majority of sway was gone. Its an hour or so driveway job....not hard at all!


    I had the exact same problem with my 1999 Tropical. I was almost blown off the road when trucks would pass. I just replaced the rear sway bar bushings with polys (fronts were fine) and did the CHF front and rear and was good to go! I've heard good reports about rear trac bars for F53's to correct this problem. Here's the least expensive one I've found: https://www.ultrarvproducts.com/UltraTrac-Trac-Bars/UTF53V10R-Rear-Ultratrac-Trac-Bar-Ford-F53-20-22k-GVW-Chassis It's $150 cheaper than the Blue OX trac bar and does the same thing.

    Chip