11-25-2023, 07:46 AM
(10-30-2023, 01:18 PM)[email protected] Wrote:(12-10-2020, 07:41 PM)rheavn Wrote: My coach has a 1 5/8" front sway bar that attaches on the bottom of the front of the A-arms. In the last two months I hit something, pot hole or??????, and it badly disfigured the left sway bar mount where it attaches to the left A-arm.I would like to thank Steve for these part numbers. I ordered and received new sway bar bushing for the front. On our trip home recently the sway bar bushing gave out and it started to bang.
Newell uses sway bars & mounts manufactured by Roadmaster Inc. They don't sell directly, but their products are available on etrailer.com. These are the part numbers for the repair I purchased from etrailer.com.
The bracket part number is RM140
The bushing part number is RM205222-10
I ended up sourcing this part from Ultra RV, a RV parts supplier that I have used several times, mostly for Koni shocks. They do not have free shipping but the price of the parts plus shipping was less expensive than Etrailer.
Here is what I ordered:
https://www.ultrarvproducts.com/205222-1...ption=true
I will update this post once I have them replaced to confirm they were a good fit.
So sometimes you have to learn the hard way, despite reading on here multiple times that "No Two Newells are made alike!" I went ahead and ordered new sway bar bushings without confirming my sway bar dimensions.
So I received the new sway bar bushings I ordered and went to put them on to discover they are not even close. My sway bar is 2-1/4" diameter, and those bushings are for the 1-5/8" sway bar. Now I am on the hunt for 2-1/4" sway bar bushings and I am not having much luck. I have found some sway bar bushings for military trucks but I have not had any luck figuring out the dimensions, they only list them by the part number. I will keep looking. I am also looking at some urethane casting resin with the thought of having to make my own but I would rather not have to do that if I can buy them ready made. If I had an old one that was in good shape to make a mold from it would be much easier but mine are almost gone. I am going to have to make a mold from scratch and then hope it is the correct size.
Jeff LoGiudice
Temple Terrace, Fl
1984 Bluebird Wanderlodge PT40
1998 Newell 2000 #490
1986 MCI/TMC 102A3 (sold)