3 Mods that help many makes of chassis
Track bar: With leaf spring suspension and a solid front axle (No Idenpendent Front Suspension) the body of the motor home can move side to side over the axles.. Kind of like the lines below (Ignore periods
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Well if one end moves right as the other moves left you THINK you are going down the road crooked and correct, Then as the coach swings the other way (Aided by the fact you are steering in that directrion) you correct the other way. AND YOU GO DOWN THE ROAD LIKE THIS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
track Bars, also called pan hard bars. LOCK the body squarely over the axle(s) so that it does not wag side to side as described above.
Mod 2; Sway bars
You have seen the rock concert, Fans holding lighters, candles, lit matches and other flame sources swaying from side to side... or the RV rocking like a cradle.
That is what SWAY bars try to limit/eliminate
Steering stablizers: These help keep you on the straight and narrow, Mine is a Blue OX. when I got it it was the only one I found that had this feature, Today there is another.
If for some reaon I need to "Re-Center" Say a steady cross wind... FROM THE DRIVER's SEAT and without using any wrench or hammer... I can do it.
