Sway

[Hoss 350]

I would like to try and reduce the sway that I experience with my 94 Lance 480 9.5 foot camper on my F-350 SRW. The truck does not have progressive overloads (which would probably help a lot), nor does it have a rear sway bar (which would probably help a lot).

I have developed a couple of options, which do you guys think is best?

1.) Aftermarket Hellwig rear sway bar only - $250
2.) Air Bags - $350
3.) Prgressive overload springs - $?
4.) Combinations of any of the above for maximum benefit…

I have an acquaintance that says that his airbags made the sway worse, that they were bouncy like afootball. But I would belive that this individual would be dumb enough to not run independent lines to them, so they were probably transferring pressures back and forth.

I like progressive overloads because they require no thought 9you don’t have to add or release air pressure) and do not effect ride at all when empty.

I don’t know how much difference the sway bar makes, but presumeably, a big one, since my buddy has one and does not experience sway like I do. So, I am leaning towards progressive overloads and a sway bar.

Any input or other ideas?

 

[Crumm]

Air bags and a sway bar. Another thing that helped mine alot was getting the factory overloads in contact with the springs. Take a look at the Overload spring perch thread here in towing and hauling. Last thing is tires- Get some E rated tires and pump them up to maximum pressure. I am running a 3000# camper up on 35" rubber and get very little sway with airbags, overload perches, sway bars f&r and E rated Toyo tires that are good for 3860@65psi

I can't imagine that a F350 did not come with a sway bar from the factory.

 

[Hoss 350]

Another thing that helped mine alot was getting the factory overloads in contact with the springs.

Don't have them. Never did...

Last thing is tires- Get some E rated tires and pump them up to maximum pressure.

Got 'em already...

I can't imagine that a F350 did not come with a sway bar from the factory.

That's what everybody else told me, too. It only has the one up front. Not the rear.

 

[patrickc]

My 2002 didn't have a rear sway bar from the factory either. It has the mounting plates on the rear end for the brackets to bolt to but nothing else.