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Aug 18, 2013Explorer
Well, we have new 2013 Fleetwood 42' DP. IMHO coming from never driving a big rig it does tend to wander, taking constant "small" corrections. It pulls to the right driving down the road. Yes it will be taken in to be looked at after my next trip as I had it weighed and adjusted tire pressure based on that. They were over inflated. So at least I can rule the tires out after this trip.
However what's noticeable is when hitting a good bump it's felt as a very slight directional change of the steering wheel one way or the other. So everyone saying a stabilizer isn't needed hasn't convinced me that there not beneficial based on my experience, albeit I will have the MH looked at for other issues before a final decision.
Perfect timing for this post as I've been considering this myself. I'm not a structural or mechanical engineer but it does make sense if you could damper and tighten up some of the weak points in the steering. Understandably some of he higher end coaches have better designed steering and suspensions. Even though mine is new its not much better than a dump truck driving down the road from a steering & suspension point of view.
So, I too are leaning toward this direction if all other avenues fail to diagnose any issues. One will be installed next spring depending on my results.
However what's noticeable is when hitting a good bump it's felt as a very slight directional change of the steering wheel one way or the other. So everyone saying a stabilizer isn't needed hasn't convinced me that there not beneficial based on my experience, albeit I will have the MH looked at for other issues before a final decision.
Perfect timing for this post as I've been considering this myself. I'm not a structural or mechanical engineer but it does make sense if you could damper and tighten up some of the weak points in the steering. Understandably some of he higher end coaches have better designed steering and suspensions. Even though mine is new its not much better than a dump truck driving down the road from a steering & suspension point of view.
So, I too are leaning toward this direction if all other avenues fail to diagnose any issues. One will be installed next spring depending on my results.
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