kramster7 Report post Posted January 30, 2020 Hi I'm Mark Lasater, I have a Feetwood, Southwind 34A motorhome with 10,000 miles, with sway and driving wandering. This is what I have done to correct my problems. First lets start with the sway, in the back, at the back axle I have installed a rear track bar, a 1 5/8 sway bar behind the rear axle, an 1 3/4 sway bar in front of the rear axle, and Koni shocks. In the front I have replaced the front OEM sway bar with 1 3/4 sway bar, I installed a white safety - T, Koni shocks. All of this has correct the sway. Now for the driving wandering, I have installed Super Steers Radius Rod Kit, and I have taken the rig in had it alined, they said at that time my front leaf springs bushing are bad, I'm been told to replace them with Polyurethane bushing, I'm been trying to find them and I can't, can you help. Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hermanmullins Report post Posted January 30, 2020 Mark, Welcome to the Forum. We need a bit more information on your coach. Gas or diesel? I'm not sure which chassis you have. With this info you will get lots of suggestions. Herman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rayin Report post Posted January 30, 2020 First things first; Have a total alignment performed on your MH, almost any HDT repair shop has the alignment equipment. This includes checking and correcting the thrust angle. FWIW, my thrust angle was out by 3/4", after the total alignment our MH drives very easily. At 10,000 miles you should not have any worn parts needing replacement. Something that affects steering is, the roads you normally drive have "ruts" in them from traffic. Radial tires tend to follow those ruts, low air pressure can increase that phenomenon. reference: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=47 Edit: Belatedly, Welcome to the forums! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfe10 Report post Posted January 30, 2020 As Herman said we need to know what chassis you have. And, what year model? From front leaf springs, I am ASSUMING a Ford F53 chassis. Has front end CASTER been set to high side of spec? And, is tire pressure based on actual weights? or? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manholt Report post Posted January 30, 2020 Year would help but I also suspect a gas ford on F 53 chassis...I had a 2006 Southwind 32, only mod I did was add Safe-T-Plus after knowing weight corner to corner and front end alignment (yea, it was off), my unit was New! Got it at CW in 2005, best riding gas coach I ever owned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kramster7 Report post Posted January 31, 2020 13 hours ago, hermanmullins said: Mark, Welcome to the Forum. We need a bit more information on your coach. Gas or diesel? I'm not sure which chassis you have. With this info you will get lots of suggestions. Herman Herman, I have a 2016 Fleetwood Southwind 34A, F53 chassis V10 Gas, My tire pressure all around is 88 #, I had a complete alinement. Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kramster7 Report post Posted January 31, 2020 9 hours ago, RayIN said: First things first; Have a total alignment performed on your MH, almost any HDT repair shop has the alignment equipment. This includes checking and correcting the thrust angle. FWIW, my thrust angle was out by 3/4", after the total alignment our MH drives very easily. At 10,000 miles you should not have any worn parts needing replacement. Something that affects steering is, the roads you normally drive have "ruts" in them from traffic. Radial tires tend to follow those ruts, low air pressure can increase that phenomenon. reference: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=47 Edit: Belatedly, Welcome to the forums! Belatedly, I was told Ford has a bad design, the front leaf spring bushing are to week, you see where they have collapse. Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaypsmith Report post Posted January 31, 2020 Here is an ad by Summit Racing claiming these will work. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/ptp-7-802?seid=srese1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuff7k--s5wIVQdbACh3ecAUdEAQYASABEgIso_D_BwE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hermanmullins Report post Posted January 31, 2020 Thanks Mark, I am not familiar with the Ford chassis but several on the Forum are. You should get some great help soon. Herman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildebill308 Report post Posted January 31, 2020 I would also change the bushings on the sway bar as the polypropylene are stiffer. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rayin Report post Posted January 31, 2020 13 hours ago, kaypsmith said: Here is an ad by Summit Racing claiming these will work. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/ptp-7-802?seid=srese1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuff7k--s5wIVQdbACh3ecAUdEAQYASABEgIso_D_BwE I've read good reports from users of those. To me it is incomprehensible Ford is ignorant of this issue and has failed to make corrections. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaypsmith Report post Posted January 31, 2020 Since the bushings are a softer material, which makes a new vehicle ride much smoother, Ford probably thinks that if the ride is smoother they will tend to sell more new vehicles because of the smoother ride. Just thinking out loud, LOL! Where is the light bulb now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rayin Report post Posted February 1, 2020 5 hours ago, kaypsmith said: Since the bushings are a softer material, which makes a new vehicle ride much smoother, Ford probably thinks that if the ride is smoother they will tend to sell more new vehicles because of the smoother ride. Just thinking out loud, LOL! Where is the light bulb now? It's all about sales, got it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kramster7 Report post Posted February 6, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 8:05 AM, RayIN said: I've read good reports from users of those. To me it is incomprehensible Ford is ignorant of this issue and has failed to make corrections. Ford has failed to make corrections, from what I have learned Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfe10 Report post Posted February 6, 2020 Initial reports are that the new 2020 Ford gas chassis with the 7.3 V8 had some significant suspension enhancements. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
five Report post Posted February 7, 2020 I hope they have made some improvements in the chassis, because it appears the gas mileage is still terrible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rayin Report post Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, FIVE said: I hope they have made some improvements in the chassis, because it appears the gas mileage is still terrible. No-one can build an engine of the same HP to increase mileage while pushing the same 8'X12' wall at 65 mph.It is impossible to bypass physics. One would have to think about re-designing the wall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manholt Report post Posted February 8, 2020 Ray, Agree and one of the best wall's was the FMC...look it up, I had one in 1980. 96" wide then...Another was the Avion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
