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Originally Posted by 153stars
When I have read about front watts link and rear cross bars ,TRW steering box, and bushings. I don't really remember rear watts link being mentioned or discussed. I now see it's available . How much more benefit does it add ?
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If you have the front Watts and the rear crossbars the benefit of the rear Watts is small but there. One thing it does that the crossbars can't is reduce body roll of the coach. The Watts link reduces the apparent center of gravity of the coach. The physical center of gravity is the same but it feels like it is lower when you go around a curve. We have the rear crossbars and the rear Watts link. The primary reason I installed the rear Watts link was how the coach felt after installing the TRW up front. We first installed the rear crossbars, then the front Watts link, then the TRW, and finally the rear Watts link. There was a significant amount of time and road miles between each of the modifications so I have a good feel for how each one affected the coach. After installing the TRW the front of the coach was like a rock going down the road. This was most noticeable when driving in the draft of a large truck. Even when not in the draft of a truck the rear of the coach had a fast oscillation from side to side. This was very noticeable by the wife when she would get up and walk to the center of the coach. She said it nauseated her. That was when I decided the rear Watts would mitigate that and it did. No looking back and would do every mod I did to the coach again except one. That one is the steering stabilizer. It now resides at the scrap metal pile.
Bob
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