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Old 08-04-2007, 06:04 AM   #1
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Had a Roadmaster rear anti-sway bar installed on my W22 chassis 37' "gasser", 2005 Kountry Star. It has always been prone to wild side to side gyrations when maneuvering around and through potholes or going around sharp turns...even expressway on-ramps.
The new bar has added amazing rigidity to the coach. Feels like my old sports car in turns...although at more moderate speeds. Good stability throughout the turn which means less (or no) corrective steering.
Really happy with the results...all that I had hoped it would be. See no need for anything in the front.

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Old 08-04-2007, 06:04 AM   #2
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Had a Roadmaster rear anti-sway bar installed on my W22 chassis 37' "gasser", 2005 Kountry Star. It has always been prone to wild side to side gyrations when maneuvering around and through potholes or going around sharp turns...even expressway on-ramps.
The new bar has added amazing rigidity to the coach. Feels like my old sports car in turns...although at more moderate speeds. Good stability throughout the turn which means less (or no) corrective steering.
Really happy with the results...all that I had hoped it would be. See no need for anything in the front.

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Old 08-04-2007, 08:35 AM   #3
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Good deal KTYSTR like that sports car feel.
Did you have the Henderson bar on before?
Will short cut post to WH Forum so others can read or ask questions.
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Old 08-04-2007, 02:53 PM   #4
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Anti Sway or pan-hard?

(Sway bars control side to side rocking (If the van's a rocking, don't come knocking) Pan-hard (or Trac) bars control tail wagging, or nose wagging depending on the bar.

I put both a True-Center steering stabilizer and a front pan-hard bar (By mistake, meant to put on a rear but did not specify) and the result was amazing...

Where as in 2006 when I arrived in Vegas, some 2,000 miles down the road, It was a relief to drive the towed (Pre-mod) In 2007, that same towed (post mod on the MH) was a (rhimes with witch) to drive. Really took a lot more effort.

Same towed, and recently checked for alingment and other issues, no difference at all in the towed.

Just the contrast between it and the coach changed.
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KTYSTR,
I had the same done to my signature coach. I have the same result as you. When IPD was bought by Roadmaster, I held my breath that Roadmaster would not undo IPD's great products. The anti sway bar is an example of how Roadmaster took and IPD product and brought it into the Roadmaster product line with success.

Combine the track bar (Newmar Installed) and the Roadmaster anti sway bar and the rear of the coach has settled down. It has remained straight and true in all situations. It's not as good as my Corvette was, but I am really pleased.

If anyone has a rear end (coach rear end) with a mind of its own, I highly recommend this purchase.
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The Workhorse SSC Option package comes standard with a track bar. I have a Steer-Safe by Henderson and I wrote up a photo shoot and review about it as early as 2003. Brazel's offers and entire product line of track bars for Workhorse called UltraTrack. Yes there are indeed several options.

A front track bar with a Safe-T-Plus added icing to the cake.
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Addendum to my Roadmaster anti-sway bar installation:
I'm not sure about the stock anti-sway on my Kountry Star, but it was inadequate to stop wild side to side sway when encountering typical parking lot and RV campground potholes and bad highway situations...particularly going through work zones.
Now it is really stable. I did not have any serious problems with bad rear end sway from trucks or winds, but am sure the new sway bar will even reduce what little impact these have had...just have not yet been out in strong wind conditions and heavy, high-speed truck traffic.
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KTYSTR,
My 05 KSDP came with a track bar, but no anti sway bar. I do not think Newmar installs an anti sway bar on KSDPs.

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