I am thinking about adding this steering stabilizer to my rig. It is a 24' coach on a Ford E350 chassis. The chassis came with a stabilizer from the factory but I still have lots of issues with constant steering input being needed. Also, issues with trucks pushing me around. The front end alignment has been checked and the tire pressures are correct. My rig is only one year old. Would the Safe-T-Plus be that much of an improvement over the stock stabilizer?

txhood wrote:... The front end alignment has been checked and the tire pressures are correct. .....What was the front end caster set at? Should be > 5 degrees for best highway speed handling. IMO

Harvard wrote:txhood wrote:... The front end alignment has been checked and the tire pressures are correct. .....What was the front end caster set at? Should be > 5 degrees for best highway speed handling. IMOX2 That would be the first thing I would check. Get your coach weighed loaded as you normally travel and then take serious look at your tire pressure. As far as the movement you are feeling when the big trucks blow by there is nothing wrong. They are 80,000# going 75 or 80, trust me there will always be a serious "bow wave" of wind and it will move you. Keep one eye in that outside mirror as there is usually a lot more surprise than actual movement generated.I doubt a new E-350 needs any additional equipment to provide a smooth and steady ride. If it did Ford would have done so. Our 2012 E-350 drives and rides just fine but we are well under our weight limits, properly balanced, with the correct psi, all of which make a huge difference. :C

I recently added a Roadmaster steering stabilizer to my 24' E450. I can't really tell that it made any difference. I started out by adding a stiffer front stabilizer bar and noticed little difference; however, my E-450 is rather light since I'm only 24' long. Last year I added a rear track bar and that made a world of difference in the amount that I get pushed around by wind, trucks, and my toad. If I had an E-350, I'd add a rear track bar and stabilizer bar. I might add a stiffer front stabilizer bar too. Early on, I added more caster as Harvard mentions and that helped some as well. The Roadmaster steering stabilizer has a return-to-center spring like the Safe-T-Plus; however, the spring is external on the Roadmaster unit.

I had already done the Ingalls caster bushing alignment, 6 new tires, Firestone Airbags, and an Equalizer WDH, and they all made things better, almost good enough .... the Safe-T-Plus made it perfect... Wheel returns to center, drives straight on highway, no whiteknuckles being passed by busses...

Check out this post and the link in it:http://forums.goodsamclub.com/Index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26369398/gotomsg/26369586.cfm#26369586

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Desert_Captain
Explorer III
Feb 24, 2014
Harvard wrote:
txhood wrote:
...
The front end alignment has been checked and the tire pressures are correct.
.....

What was the front end caster set at? Should be > 5 degrees for best highway speed handling. IMO

X2 That would be the first thing I would check. Get your coach weighed loaded as you normally travel and then take serious look at your tire pressure. As far as the movement you are feeling when the big trucks blow by there is nothing wrong. They are 80,000# going 75 or 80, trust me there will always be a serious "bow wave" of wind and it will move you. Keep one eye in that outside mirror as there is usually a lot more surprise than actual movement generated.

I doubt a new E-350 needs any additional equipment to provide a smooth and steady ride. If it did Ford would have done so. Our 2012 E-350 drives and rides just fine but we are well under our weight limits, properly balanced, with the correct psi, all of which make a huge difference. :C
Harvard
Explorer
Feb 24, 2014
txhood wrote:
...
The front end alignment has been checked and the tire pressures are correct.
.....

What was the front end caster set at? Should be > 5 degrees for best highway speed handling. IMO

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