Hi;
I have a 2018 vegas 24.1 and have installed koni shocks,safe t plus steering stabilizer,helwig sway bars front and rear,timbren front bump stops and a rear track bar. I still have a problem keeping it in the lane and after a couple hours of steering wheel fights get pretty sore. Any suggestions?
Hi;
I have a 2018 vegas 24.1 and have installed koni shocks,safe t plus steering stabilizer,helwig sway bars front and rear,timbren front bump stops and a rear track bar. I still have a problem keeping it in the lane and after a couple hours of steering wheel fights get pretty sore. Any suggestions?
Take it to a truck center and have the front end inspected. With everything you did there is something wrong with the front end or with the driver.
I'd say you have some serious suspension issues and likely improper wheel alignment.
After throwing the bank at it, did you have it professionally set up so all those components work together in harmony?
Our Ford E-350 class C is strictly stock. It requires undivided attention, but does not pull to one side or the other. I have not seen any abnormal tire wear... a sure sign of alignment problems.
Now... after driving our rig 100+ miles, I'm definitely getting tired, and stop for a physical AND mental break. But it's definitely not anything abnormal. I realize I'm NOT driving a car, but rather a huge box sitting on a commercial truck chassis - with incredibly poor aerodynamics. In my case, seat time made the trip easier, but frequent breaks helped the most.
The steering wheel angle tells of 82mph with a 50mph front/side wind, dead straight down i80, cruise control on...rollin'...fuel mileage be damned, I knew the job was dangerous when I took it.
Handles like a dream, rides as well as any vehicle I have.
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Try 65psi up front, 60 psi rear.
Higher tire pressure makes it track road cracks/damage.
And
Road crown(look it up) might mess with steering centering devices causing added fatigue.
Roads pull right and roads pull left. Some roads are 4° crowned causing 4° steering corrections to be needed. It'll be one way coming, and the opposite way going.
If I was you, I would take all that stuff off, set the air pressures and get the front end aligned. If it doesn't drive well then, I would slowly add them back starting the the steering stabilizer.
If I was you, I would take all that stuff off, set the air pressures and get the front end aligned. If it doesn't drive well then, I would slowly add them back starting the the steering stabilizer.
Agree and before that weigh the RV for travel and set tire pressures for the load being carried based on the tire manufactureurs loading pressure chart. Often "improvements" counter act one another and you never know if there is any real change at all.
I have a 2018 Vegas 27.7, with the added length there seems to be more movement than the 24.1.
That being said i did all that you have done except I changed the tire to Michelin. This was the biggest change.
If you have someone look at the alignment. Note all you can do is adjust the toe-in.
To Do a proper alignment you need to change the Align Bushings. This allows the caster to be adjusted. This is another major correction.
Hi;
I have a 2018 vegas 24.1 and have installed koni shocks,safe t plus steering stabilizer,helwig sway bars front and rear,timbren front bump stops and a rear track bar. I still have a problem keeping it in the lane and after a couple hours of steering wheel fights get pretty sore. Any suggestions?
Put 5 degrees caster in alignment and set Toe three thirty seconds inch in.
Then redo the safe t plus steering stabilizer adjustment. You may have to do it more than once.
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Found out that it was missing the sway bar link on the passenger, had that and driver's side replaced with moog sway bar links and had realignment done, now drives and handles great.
Thanks to all for responding.
Hi;
I have a 2018 vegas 24.1 and have installed koni shocks,safe t plus steering stabilizer,helwig sway bars front and rear,timbren front bump stops and a rear track bar. I still have a problem keeping it in the lane and after a couple hours of steering wheel fights get pretty sore. Any suggestions?
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Originally Posted by tag8015
Found out that it was missing the sway bar link on the passenger, had that and driver's side replaced with moog sway bar links and had realignment done, now drives and handles great.
Thanks to all for responding.
So who installed all those under the MH components and never noticed a sway bar link missing??
The safe-t-plus steering stabilizer was the last thing to be installed. According to instructions the sway bar link on the passenger side is to be loosened, not removed, to install the stabilizer bracket. I believe that it was loosened, not retightened and it eventually worked loose and fell off.
Front end alignment ... After that, you could have it checked by a truck shop, or maybe relax? Look further down the road? It won't stay centered in the lane the way a car will, the steering won't be as tight, but it shouldn't be a whole lot more draining.
All I did to mine was add front and rear sumo springs. I can drive for 3 hours or so between short rest breaks, and that's usually for the bladder. (But then, the Chevy is known for having better handling.)
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Make sure the front end has been aligned and steering wheel. Take to good big rig tire wheel shop.
Good luck
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Originally Posted by atreis
Front end alignment ... After that, you could have it checked by a truck shop, or maybe relax? Look further down the road? It won't stay centered in the lane the way a car will, the steering won't be as tight, but it shouldn't be a whole lot more draining.
All I did to mine was add front and rear sumo springs. I can drive for 3 hours or so between short rest breaks, and that's usually for the bladder. (But then, the Chevy is known for having better handling.)
Did you guys read post #11? He found the source of his issue.
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