Backing up with sway bar intact
I was told by the salesperson of my new TT NEVER to back up with the sway bar attached...others say that's not true. Even the documentation didn't say anything about it -- thoughts? Thanks!
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Here is my experience with this issue.
if your sway bars were installed correctly you generally will not have much of an issue backing up. However if you get into a situation where you are having to do a near jackknife maneuver you may get into a binding issue.
Also, if your sway bar was installed incorrectly you can get into an issue where the sway bar crashes into the miniball on the hitch head. It's easy to verify if the miniball mount is installed on the trailer correctly...just measure 24 inches from the coupler back to the miniball. It should be at 24 inches, At least that is what my Husky instructions said. Mine was at about 22 and was obviously installed incorrectly.
Here is a few pics to show what can happen to the mounts.... My sway bar didn't bend, but my sway bar mount on the trailer bent.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
if your sway bars were installed correctly you generally will not have much of an issue backing up. However if you get into a situation where you are having to do a near jackknife maneuver you may get into a binding issue.
Also, if your sway bar was installed incorrectly you can get into an issue where the sway bar crashes into the miniball on the hitch head. It's easy to verify if the miniball mount is installed on the trailer correctly...just measure 24 inches from the coupler back to the miniball. It should be at 24 inches, At least that is what my Husky instructions said. Mine was at about 22 and was obviously installed incorrectly.
Here is a few pics to show what can happen to the mounts.... My sway bar didn't bend, but my sway bar mount on the trailer bent.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
