CHF Advice and Help

[Wandering_Storm]

I purchased a new Fleetwood Storm 30 L and have taken a couple of Long trips. The
nation has a serious road problem and the ride of the unit is, at times,nerve racking to say the least. We however love the unit but I have read a great deal about the cheap handling fix. We are planning a four week trip to Yellowstone etc. My questions are. Will this help on my unit which contains the Ford V10 suspension? There are two sets of holes for the sway bars but one is over the other and they are placed in the upper sets. Can anybody out there explain as best you can how the fix is accomplished on the 30L? Maybe I should leave it alone? Any advice will be appreciated. This has been on my list for awhile.
Thanks, John McDonough

[holstein13]

I did the CHF on my 2011 Fleetwood Storm 32BH and really loved it. It made a huge positive difference in the sway of the coach. I then added a rear track bar and that really helped as well.

For the ride smoothness, I added Kelderman air bags and adjusted my tire pressures. It was much better, but not as good as my current coach.

Be sure to get a four wheel alignment by a very qualified suspension shop as well.

[cjoseph]

It will help for sway, wind push and the wobble you get upon traversing a dip into/out of a parking lot, etc...

It will not soften your ride. For harsh ride, start by checking your 4-corner weights and adjusting tire pressure accordingly. My MH came from the factory with maximum air pressure. It rode like a tank. After adjusting tire pressure its much, much better. I run 95 front and 90 rear. It will be different for each setup. I was not able to get 4-corner weights so am using data from each axle. I adjusted up 5 pounds for a little buffer. The tire manufacturer should have weight charts for you tires. It will tell you the minimum air pressure to run for a given weight.

After about 9,000 miles I have had no adverse affects from the CHF and the tires are wearing fine. I did the fix at 8,000 and my wife noticed the difference.

The definitive thread on the CHF is on another forum (irv2). Hate to divert from this great forum, but I'm afraid it would take thousands of posts here for the info you can read there. I have followed the CHF post there since really early in its run. After about 10 pages you can get the idea and skip the reading if you like. In the thread, one person says its a bad idea. Another person or two say they didn't notice any difference. And some speculate that it will harshen the ride. I haven't noticed that.

No one has come back on and said that the CHF broke something or caused problems.

[Effy]

Yes it will help.

Process is pretty simple. Move the bolts to the lower holes in the front. Make sure your coach is level as you can, unbolt both and move them to the other set of holes. If one side is a little lower (coach not perfectly level), use a bottle jack to nudge the lower one up to line up the holes. On the rear, the Z brackets will need to be reversed in order to line up to the other set.

Whole process should take about 30 mins. Very big improvement with wander and wind-truck push.

[phnguyk]

You want a rear track bar, I installed a Brazzels Rv one. Unbelievable difference.

[WyoTraveler]

You should get lots of different advise on this one. JMHO. I installed a Road Master rear anti sway and also did the CHF on the rear. I found it worked well. On the front I only did the CHF. Some used same bars. I used longer ones. Did it help? Yes. I drive lots of mountain grades. In one trip I wore out the nylon inserts. I wasn't happy. I removed it all and went with the Road Master front anti sway. It gave more anti sway and I'm happy. I still have the CHF on the rear with the Roadmaster anti sway. Inserts are not wearing on the rear. In addition I installed the Blue Ox trak bar. I use Steer Safe on the front steering and rear Firestone air bags. My MH handles pretty well. This only my personal experience. Others will have different opinions about the Ford chassis.