RV Cheap handling Fix Front & Rear, Removed the Sway From our Class A, RV Full-Time
The RV Cheap Handling Fix is an adjustment you can make to the Ford F53 Chassis sway bar. The sway bar has two setting, one is firm and the other is loose, the sway bar helps eliminate body roll when going around corners. We also found that adjusting the sway bar we feel more planted while parked at campgrounds. I decided to adjust both the front and the rear sway bars because I felt it would be easier on the front sway bar not to take the full load and weight of the RV while driving around corners.
A popular question is, why is there an adjustment and why doesn’t Ford make it before selling it to an RV manufacturer, from what I have found in the RV forums it is because Ford does not know what the Chassis will be used for, it might be used for a Motorhome a food truck or some other type of vehicle, so they set it in the less firm setting and leave it up to the customers to make the adjustment.
The adjustment is very straight forward and easy to make. You will need a 15 mm socket wrench and a 18 mm socket wrench, it is important to loosen both ends of the sway bar before trying to make your adjustments. If you need to you can also loosen the sway bar, this will give you a bit more play while trying to line up the wholes.
I can say so far, we really like the results from making these adjustments and while driving down the road we feel much more secure on the road, especially while entering and exiting on highway ramps.
I hope you find the video helpful and wish you safe travels!
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Hey, Kenny and Sabrina, Here's a few important tips, Make sure all the fasteners are re-torques to 66 ft-lbs and use "Blue Lock-Tight" on the threads for both sway bar bushing brackets and anti-sway bar links. The F-53 chassis is exclusively built for motorhomes. The F-59 chassis are designed for UPS, Fed-Ex, Bread Box, etc. style use. Two different chassis. You are correct Ford does not know how the RV manufactures will distribute the weight for the vast amount of brands and models so the anti-sway bar links are set to the outboard hole. The 2021 F-53 RV chassis now has the new 7.3L V-8, larger front and rear anti-sway bars, bushings and links, redesigned front and rear leaf springs and custom tuned Sachs shocks. Disclaimer; I am a Ford engineer. Safe Travels guys.
Both Ford and Winnebago strongly advise NOT to reposition the locator nuts and bolts on the sway bars. They say this new position puts way too much strain on the end links causing them to prematurely snap. Would like to hear any real world experiences.
I stopped my class A from swaying so much.,i divorced my fat ass exwife and it hardly sways after I married a younger hot thin wife. Hope this helps fellas. .ps..saved on groceries and plugged toilets bills to!!
As an engineer I always questioned this. It was very popular about the time this video was made but I always thought if it was safe it would have come that way from the factory. Since this time I have heard of a lot of people that did this ending up with broken sway bars. If you wand to combat sway please don't do this save your money and buy the aftermarket sway bars that are made to fix this issue.
I remember watching the "Endless RVing" couple do this mod. It was so painful watching them jack the end of the "Anti" sway bar, because they didn't disconnect the other side. I sat there yelling at my tv - "Don't you realize what you're doing." Watching them fight with it, and it was looking more dangerous by the minute. That amazing lack of common sense dropped their credibility a few notches, and ended my subscription.
Hi Kenny and Sabrina. I have heard lots of great things about this mod on the front. I never heard of modifying the rear anti-sway bar. Can't wait to hear if the rear made any difference. I added SumoSprings to the front of my Class C and I can say the difference is night and day. Stay safe my friends, Lou.
Not a good decision as this over stresses the linkage. You always hear the good stuff, never when it gies wrong…
Correct - "sway bar" makes no sense, although it is commonly used informally. Correct terms include anti-sway bar, and "stabilizer bar"; vehicle manufacturers (including Ford) usually use "stabilizer bar".
Thanks for the information.
you may start snapping sway bar links as they are not designed to operate at that angle and extra load
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Hellow Kenny and Sabrina, thank you for sharing the information about the swaybar. Modifying the rear anti-sway bar to match the front swaybar sounds like a winner....
We completed chf 17,000 miles ago.
Just did mine last night and about to take it for a test drive. I'll post something here when I get back. Thanks for sharing this with us.
I did the cheap handling fix (CHP) a couple months after we bought our 2015 Vista (F53). It helped A LOT and I think you’ll be very happy long term. Great video - easy to understand. BTW - I used a floor jack to get the second side up. Steve
Did this last year (front) before our month long trip out west. Along with the safe-t-plus addition. The 2 together made a huge difference. Would highly recommended both and if you have a mild skillset, you can do them both yourself. Good stuff Kenny!!
Awesome! This is good to know when I get mine... 👍👍👍
First I've ever heard of this. But it makes sense. I think I'm going to give it a try.
Well haven't heard from you guys in awhile so I want to wish you guys a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year and hope you are doing well and safe so safe travels from Pam and Rick from southern Ohio