Handling: Rocking and Rolling: UPDATE
Our Sunseeker 2300 Chevy sure pitches side to side a lot when we encounter any bumps at all while turning at slow speed, such as leaving a parking lot. I have to go pretty slow, otherwise stuff will b...
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I went out for a test drive with all water and fuel empty.
It was a lot better on those bumps during turns. It did not pitch back and forth like a boat. Well, not nearly as much as when fully loaded.
Then I filled up the gas tank, it took 49 gallons. It still handled bumps in turns quite well. I also drove around in three different potholed gravel parking lots, and it was okay. Much better than when fully loaded. In addition, the ride quality going down the road was much better today. I took it down several miles of state highway with a lot of joints and such; that normally would have felt pretty rough, and today it was not bad.
So my guess is that when it is loaded, it is under-sprung and/or under-dampened. I'll start by adding air to the bags. Might be a few months before we have it loaded up again though. Anyone else's thoughts welcome, too.
It was a lot better on those bumps during turns. It did not pitch back and forth like a boat. Well, not nearly as much as when fully loaded.
Then I filled up the gas tank, it took 49 gallons. It still handled bumps in turns quite well. I also drove around in three different potholed gravel parking lots, and it was okay. Much better than when fully loaded. In addition, the ride quality going down the road was much better today. I took it down several miles of state highway with a lot of joints and such; that normally would have felt pretty rough, and today it was not bad.
So my guess is that when it is loaded, it is under-sprung and/or under-dampened. I'll start by adding air to the bags. Might be a few months before we have it loaded up again though. Anyone else's thoughts welcome, too.
