sway controll tips

Jebby14 wrote:
forgive me all. im new to tts. somebody walk me through setting up a friction sway control setup. thanks

Take the TV, and TT to a level area. While unhooked. measure the distance from the front bumper to the ground. Also measure the distance from the rear bumper to the ground. Remember the measurements.
Drop the coupler onto the ball. Adjust the WDH until the front bumper come back to the measurement it was before you hooked up. (Depending on the year of your truck, It may only ask to return 1/2 of the distance. read your manual). I return my front bumper to the original height. I have no sway.

Once you have returned the front to the original height. Measure the rear. It should NEVER be HIGHER than it was before you hooked the TT to it. Get the front right, and the rear will take care of itself.

Then air all your tires up. After getting the hitch right. You should have no sway. If you do there is another problem , like not enough tongue weight, or too light of tires. After you fix the problem, Then add sway control. A properly setup TV, and TT should not sway.

If you are using a sway control bar. The handle is NOT the adjustment. It is the ON / OFF switch. Tight, and bottoming out the threads, and turned level with the tongue is on. Anything looser than that is off.

The adjustment is a nut under that. You shouldn't have to adjust it as they are pretty well adjusted from the factory. you may need to after a few years, and the pads begin to wear. Until then. On / Off with the handle.

By "setting up" do you mean how to hook it to the truck from scratch or just how to attach it and set the amount of force applied?

For setting up from scratch we'd have to know what TT and type controller you have and even then if you are relying on an internet forum you should probably have a shop do it.

If you just mean how to use it once it's setup it's just something you get a feel for. Each time I do mine I just play with it by hand until it feels tight, then hook it to the truck and give it somewhere between 1-2 spins of the handle depending on conditions and how much I think I'll need. I've adjusted while on the road before if I feel it needs it.

It would be helpful if you tell what you got?