Suspension Improvements - Best Order
So what is the consensus best order of suspension improvements on a E450 motorhome? My guess: Proper tire pressure Front end alignment Rear Sway Front Sway Shocks Steering Stabilizer Rear Tr...
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From personal experience, I'd venture you're pretty close.
Without the first two, you're shooting in the dark with the rest.
Weight and Loading figure into this, early in the game. If Front Axle isn't at least 1/3 of total weight, even better at 3/4 of rated capacity, the steering will be vague.
Rear Sway always first on a Class C,
Front Sway will always help, but probably more dramatically on the E-Series from 1992-2007, the years Ford used that sorry bushings-in-the-axle arrangement instead of the end links they went back to in 2008 and newer.
Good Shocks always help, so I'm comfortable with their position in the lineup.
The last two? A rear track bar has made a huge difference to some E450 owners, my experience was less of a dramatic change. In my case, I learned that towing my midsize pickup de-stabilizes the RV's tracking a little, and that little is a little more than our Corolla does that. Track Bar helped that slightly. Another OP just claimed a significant improvement in the handling of another E450...
...which is why there's a degree of mystery in all this. Of several very similar rigs, one may seem to drive as well with little to no "improvements" as another with many upgrades. One miserable one may improve dramatically and another not much. I think some of this is just random, and that some of it stems from different operating conditions AND the expectations of the Owners...
Without the first two, you're shooting in the dark with the rest.
Weight and Loading figure into this, early in the game. If Front Axle isn't at least 1/3 of total weight, even better at 3/4 of rated capacity, the steering will be vague.
Rear Sway always first on a Class C,
Front Sway will always help, but probably more dramatically on the E-Series from 1992-2007, the years Ford used that sorry bushings-in-the-axle arrangement instead of the end links they went back to in 2008 and newer.
Good Shocks always help, so I'm comfortable with their position in the lineup.
The last two? A rear track bar has made a huge difference to some E450 owners, my experience was less of a dramatic change. In my case, I learned that towing my midsize pickup de-stabilizes the RV's tracking a little, and that little is a little more than our Corolla does that. Track Bar helped that slightly. Another OP just claimed a significant improvement in the handling of another E450...
...which is why there's a degree of mystery in all this. Of several very similar rigs, one may seem to drive as well with little to no "improvements" as another with many upgrades. One miserable one may improve dramatically and another not much. I think some of this is just random, and that some of it stems from different operating conditions AND the expectations of the Owners...
