How to fix sway on Newmar Baystar
We recently purchased a 2014 Newmar Baystar 3124. (20.5 k chassis) Looking to reduce side to side sway without stiffening the ride. Any suggestions?
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I agree with 10forty2....
I bought a 38' bounder on a ford chassis, 30,000 miles, and it had the heavy duty rear sway bar, AND a track bar as well as an aftermarket oversized front sway bar... it had a wander when driving and a terrible sway when passing a truck....
check all tire pressures.. max pressure is usually the best and it helps, but what I did to cure the problem is to replace all the rubber end bushings in the track bar and sway bars with poly bushings. Im not sure how much the ploy bushings actually helped over new OEM bushings, but when the seemingly good bushings were removed, it was obvious they were wore out (the rubber looked perfectly good on the outside, but was breaking down inside)... after replacing them, there was no longer a problem, and was a pleasure to drive down the highway. it also helped the ride and as long as stuff was stowed away properly, it would corner like my pickup, as it was a lot stiffer and didnt lean.. but it did not make the suspension firmer, but only removed the slack from the anti sway components, which re-integrated them into the system properly.
I bought a 38' bounder on a ford chassis, 30,000 miles, and it had the heavy duty rear sway bar, AND a track bar as well as an aftermarket oversized front sway bar... it had a wander when driving and a terrible sway when passing a truck....
check all tire pressures.. max pressure is usually the best and it helps, but what I did to cure the problem is to replace all the rubber end bushings in the track bar and sway bars with poly bushings. Im not sure how much the ploy bushings actually helped over new OEM bushings, but when the seemingly good bushings were removed, it was obvious they were wore out (the rubber looked perfectly good on the outside, but was breaking down inside)... after replacing them, there was no longer a problem, and was a pleasure to drive down the highway. it also helped the ride and as long as stuff was stowed away properly, it would corner like my pickup, as it was a lot stiffer and didnt lean.. but it did not make the suspension firmer, but only removed the slack from the anti sway components, which re-integrated them into the system properly.
