09-10-2024, 07:33 AM
Simon,
Your experience mirrors what I and others have observed. I took my coach to Josam’s in Orlando for a front end alignment. Barry, the shop manager told me the panhard bar was worn and needed to be replaced. There were few signs of wear at the joints other than the outer protective rubber on the bushing had deteriorated. After a while I replaced the bar. I could NOT detect any wear in the old one after removing. However, there was significant improvement in the road wander. The tail was no longer wagging the dog.
It’s cheap part relatively speaking. The difficulty is getting the old one out.
I would say to anyone with the Ridewell suspension coaches that replacing the panhard bar AND the bushings in the tag axle suspension is money well spent in improving the straight line stability of the coach.
Your experience mirrors what I and others have observed. I took my coach to Josam’s in Orlando for a front end alignment. Barry, the shop manager told me the panhard bar was worn and needed to be replaced. There were few signs of wear at the joints other than the outer protective rubber on the bushing had deteriorated. After a while I replaced the bar. I could NOT detect any wear in the old one after removing. However, there was significant improvement in the road wander. The tail was no longer wagging the dog.
It’s cheap part relatively speaking. The difficulty is getting the old one out.
I would say to anyone with the Ridewell suspension coaches that replacing the panhard bar AND the bushings in the tag axle suspension is money well spent in improving the straight line stability of the coach.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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