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Just because they are pretty expensive, I was wondering, if you could only get and install one at a time, would you get the Helwig front or rear sway bar first? My coach is a 2006 E450 Super Duty /...
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I have a Henderson rear trac bar on our rig as well. It came recommended from the truck/ambulance/RV suspension shop. I recall him saying that they overcame a challenge installing the rear trac bar and the heavy duty rear Roadmaster stabilizer bar together. Maybe a Helwig HD bar will avoid whatever that challenge was.
I understand the rear trac bar is especially beneficial when towing a trailer, not so much towing a vehicle. Trailers like to thrash the rear of the motor home side to side, hence the "tail wagging the dog" condition. The pivoting front wheels on a tow vehicle reduces (not eliminates) that condition. I am sure there is some self tail-wagging within the motor home itself, even when not towing.
There is NO application for a front trac bar on any standard class B+/C motor home because they don't have front leaf springs nor an axle connecting the two front steering wheels. They have instead independent front suspensions.
Class A's and Supers C's could benefit from a front trac bar because they have full front axles. That is in-part how they can carry so heavy a load.
I understand the rear trac bar is especially beneficial when towing a trailer, not so much towing a vehicle. Trailers like to thrash the rear of the motor home side to side, hence the "tail wagging the dog" condition. The pivoting front wheels on a tow vehicle reduces (not eliminates) that condition. I am sure there is some self tail-wagging within the motor home itself, even when not towing.
There is NO application for a front trac bar on any standard class B+/C motor home because they don't have front leaf springs nor an axle connecting the two front steering wheels. They have instead independent front suspensions.
Class A's and Supers C's could benefit from a front trac bar because they have full front axles. That is in-part how they can carry so heavy a load.
