Ford E450 sway bar?,s
My 2006 E450 has the original sway bars and sway bar links. I cannot afford new hellwig sway bars at this point. I am wondering if anyone has changed the original sway bar links, bushings, etc and h...
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chag67 wrote:A heavy duty rear stabilizer bar reduces the "lean" or "rocking" side to side, much like a boat rocks or leans side-to-side when in water.ron.dittmer wrote:What does the rear trac bar do differently than rear stabilizer bar?
It's too bad Ford doesn't supply RV-outfitted chassis to RV manufactures with all the heavy-duty stuff to begin with. That would make them right from the start.
Every motor home on a Ford chassis, regardless of model year, but especially prior to 2008, should have heavy duty sway (stabilizer) bars, given the chassis is always being driven at max-load conditions.
Our little 24' rig in my signature drove like a drunken sailor when brand new. After our first trip, I had heavy duty front & rear stabilizer bars, heavy duty shocks, rear trac bar, and Safe-T-Plus steering stabilizer installed. It has been a joy to drive the rig ever since.....10 years so far of joy-riding instead of hell-riding.
The rear trac bar reduces the horizontal side-to-side rear tail wagging. A rear trac bar is especially beneficial when towing a trailer or boat where there is significant tongue weight for they like to encourage more of that horizontal tail-wagging motion. Whether towing or not, a motor home with a long rear overhang will benefit from a rear trac bar, much more than a rig with a short rear overhang because a long overhang can act much in the same manner as if towing a large trailer.
Our rig has a long rear overhang in proportion to the wheel base, hence it was recommended we get a rear trac bar.
Does this make sense?
