There are three products I'll tell you about. but first
Many motor homes are by nature top heavy, Sometimes the suspension on the chassis is such as to deal with that other times... Not so good. Where I don't know but one motor home chassis intimately (mine, Workhorse Custom Chassis W-series) I know that some smaller vehicles are often put on a smaller chassis still.. This leads to newspaper headlines... YOU DO NOT WANT TO MAKE HEADLINES!!!! (unless they are the kind you get from cordoroy pillow cases)
The three products
Stering stablizers: These devices attempt to hold or help return your steering wheel to Front Dead Center: There are several makes and I won't even try to list them, There are a few types though
One type is a simple detent that tries to hold the steering centered
Another type uses a pair of springs to try to force it centered
Yet another uses a hydraulic Shock, in this there is an "A" and "B", The "B" is made boy Blue Ox it has a valve and a control to allow you to re-center it FROM the driver's seat without using tools, Very nice (True Center) Very not in production last I checked but very nice.. I have one
Trac Bars: Does the tail wag the dog? Many motor homes have this great big overhang on the back, I mean that rear axle is nearly in the middle of the rig, not at the rear (Would drive much different if at the rear) this means that if there is any force acting on the REAR of the coach,,, Like wind from a passing truck, it tries to "Wag" the tail. Makes it harder to drive. Pan-hard bars can be put on the front or the rear.. .I'm told rear is more effective and plan on adding one later, I have one on the front.
The idea of a trac bar is to keep the frame centered between the wheels right to left
Sway Bars: "If the van's a'rocking, don't come knocking" Imagine that the drive shaft is the center support of a teeter totter
As you drive down the road it teeters to one side, then totters to the other side then teeters then totters
Sway bars try to prevent this side to side "rocking" action They do this by trying to keep the two sides of the frame the same distance ABOVE the axle They allow up/down motion to compensate for rough roads. but require that both sides move up and down together.
So, Which do you need? Good way to figure it out is to have a partner follow you as you drive down the road.. Film it if possible and see. But My guess is the Trac-Bar or Pan-Hard bar (2 names, same bar)
Roadmaster sells Davis Trac bars (What I have) Blue Ox has one and Ultra Power makes them for Ford and Worse. (or sells them) It's the one UP mode I'm considering,,, That's likely where I"ll get my rear trac bar when I can afford it
