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thirtydaZe's avatar
Apr 27, 2014

Swaybars when backing up driveway

Should i not be leaving them on when i back my tt up my driveway? Its inclined pretty good, not to mention the portion closest to the street.

Never really thought much about it until today.

I have an equilizer system, it was friday, i raised the L brackets the bars sit on, on the tt side, in effort to keep my truck from drooping as much, while i accomplished this task, and acheived near equal ride height between the front and rear wheel wells, i have to lift the camper/ truck a bit higher to get the stabilizer bars to their Resting position.

Anyhow, i went ahead as usual and backed into my parking location and i realized there must be a lot of down force on the L brackets and trailer in general.

I was giving the trailer a walk around and a frame piece, a rectangular tube has an end cap welded, top and bottom, not on the sides, so on the unwelded portion there is a gap between end cap and frame, not sure if its always been like this, its never stood out to me, but likely isnt something i regularly see.

As usual paranioa sets, did something twist, was there an excessive force, etc, etc.....

Back to the question at hand, should i be removing the bars before backing up my driveway?
  • Dtaylor wrote:
    If you have the typical friction type sway bars, I don't think they recommend backing with them attached. A photo of the frame part you are referring would help.


    Good point, ill get a pic.
  • Ditto DaYooper. We always had ours on, and backing into our driveway was a 90-degree angle from a narrow road.
  • If its a Equal-i-zer brand hitch, you do not need to remove the bars while backing.
  • If you have the typical friction type sway bars, I don't think they recommend backing with them attached. A photo of the frame part you are referring would help.