Anti-Sway Broken--How Serious? Need Help!

Vintage465 wrote:

DownTheAvenue wrote:

TucsonJim wrote:
Friction sway bars don't do all that much to control sway in the first place. If you have a safely set up hitch, tow vehicle and trailer, you'll be fine. As long as you didn't have any indication of sway during the 12-13 miles you towed it without the bar, you shouldn't have any problem towing farther.

Just keep your speed under control, and pull to the side of the road if it gets real windy. You'd be surprised how many of the friction sway bars aren't set correctly anyway.

Jim

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I do agree he can drive to a supplier with out incident to get one. I believe a sway control does a lot to keep you going straight down the road. Every rig is different with it's load and weight distribution. So, though some may not notice much difference with or without the friction bar hooked up. In my opinion that doesn't mean it's not helping to keep you straight and the wiggle to a minimum. Sway Controls are a lot like seat belts..........Until you really need them, you could think they're a waste.

Thing is. Sway control is NOT designed or meant to keep the TT straight in normal driving. It is designed to "help" control sway once it starts, after being induced by the driver during a emergency maneuver, like dodging a deer, or accident.

A TT should drive down the road in normal driving with NO sway at all. You are to adjust the WDH, and balance of the TT to the point it will not sway at any speed. Then, and only then are you to add sway control, again for those emergency maneuvers.

If a driver is depending on the sway control to keep their trailer inline going straight in normal driving. Then there are serious problems that need to be addressed. and then again add sway control once the problem has been corrected.