Steering & Sway problem

ron.dittmer wrote:
tom and betty,

Don't be in despair over this issue. Many motor home owners have been in your shoes including us with our rig when it was new. As stated by others, there are numerous things that can be done or added to make it right. I didn't want to mess around so I went all-out with the following and our rig went from a drunken sailor to excellent.
1) replaced the front stabilizer bar with a heavy duty one
2) added a rear heavy duty stabilizer bar (we had none to begin with)
The two heavy duty stabilizer bars reduce side-to-side rocking motion
3) added rear trac bar (eliminates horizontal tail wagging)
4) replaced stock shocks with heavy duty Koni-RV shocks
5) replaced the stock steering stabilizer with a heavy duty one
6) got a front wheel alignment with the rig loaded as if on a trip
7) appropriate tire pressure

Bingo! This in my opinion is the best list on how to fix the issue. I think the order is correct as well except I would move pressure to the top. I started with pressure then moved on to rear and front stabilizer bars. It was cheap and easy DIY. I stopped after doing those items because it fixed my issues 100%. We went from scary to awesome. My wife drives it now. She wouldn't drive it before. She said it was a death trap. Your rig might have some of this stuff done already. You just need to climb underneath and take a look. Mine is a lower end unit with tiny stabilizer bars. The tiny factory Ford bars are simply not up to the task. Some motorhome companies switch them out you just have to climb underneath and take a look see. If the are no bigger round than your thumb then replace them. It's a cheap and easy fix. The new ones are huge!