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08-23-2022, 09:00 PM
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motorhome walking / drifting in lane
Hello all,
I am new to the forum. Went form a 2011 winngebago 31 gaser to a 2013 Tiffin Allegro Open Road 31GA. A bit new to the RV world but heres my question. What can I do to upgrade the handling? Or is this a chassis PM issue? I find my rig likes to drift while towing and walk a bit in the lane. If this is a open thread already please direct me.
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08-23-2022, 09:13 PM
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Monaco Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Too high of tire pressure will cause wandering. Check the label on the wall near driver seat to get near proper tire pressure.
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08-23-2022, 09:21 PM
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Welcome to iRV2 . 
Have you driven the coach without the toad and experienced the same issues ?
Some toads have handling issues that effect the coach .
Please add your toad info to the post . 
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08-23-2022, 09:24 PM
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Tiffin Owners Club
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First off, Welcome to IRV2!
There are some improvements you can make such as setting the correct air pressure as mentioned. Another thing is adding a Safe-T-Plus steering stabilizer. Also, you have to be aware that the shorter wheelbase motorhome can be more reactive to slight steering corrections.
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08-23-2022, 09:29 PM
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RV Mutant #14
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You may never regret having a "Safe-T-Plus" installed
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08-23-2022, 10:23 PM
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1986, if you scroll down to Ford Motorhomes the first sticky? is titled CHF.
You then have 499& pages of how to fix your issues.
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08-23-2022, 10:28 PM
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Monaco Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Over inflated tires will cause that exact problem.
Weigh your RV and set the tire pressure according to the tire manufactures tire prssure chart.
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08-24-2022, 01:51 PM
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Alignment.
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08-24-2022, 02:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne M
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Went on their website, and no where does it explain what this is. Is it a damper? A cylinder to self center? Any links to show it works?
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08-24-2022, 03:04 PM
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A front end alignment solved our wandering issue.
I also did the CHF mentioned in this thread. It was a huge help in controlling the rocking motion.
https://www.irv2.com/forums/f23/chea...fix-72335.html
To help the tailwag in winds and when in the vicinity of large trucks, I installed a Blue Ox TigerTrac.
I made sure the tires were at the right pressure before every trip, and that's all we needed.
Welcome aboard.
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08-24-2022, 03:18 PM
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Tiffin Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bpu699
Went on their website, and no where does it explain what this is. Is it a damper? A cylinder to self center? Any links to show it works?
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It's a two way damper which is spring loaded both ways to return it to center. I installed one on our Itasca and it helped with road wandering and rut grabbing a great deal. Be aware it does require more turning force on the steering wheel to turn with it installed due to the strong springs.
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Previous '15 Tiffin Allegro RED 38QRA and '06 Itasca Sunrise 35A
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08-24-2022, 03:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gmc1986
Hello all,
I am new to the forum. Went form a 2011 winngebago 31 gaser to a 2013 Tiffin Allegro Open Road 31GA. A bit new to the RV world but heres my question. What can I do to upgrade the handling? Or is this a chassis PM issue? I find my rig likes to drift while towing and walk a bit in the lane. If this is a open thread already please direct me.
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Sometimes MH and cars get in different groves on highway because MH are wider can make it wonder.
Depending on toad and how much it weights can make a difference.
Steering wheel locked.
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08-24-2022, 03:34 PM
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What can I do to upgrade the handling of my gas motorhome
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What can I do to upgrade the handling?
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Yes having your tires set to the right pressure accordingly to your weight is important but here's a more in depth explanation of what you can do to upgrade your gas motorhome to handle better overall. Here's a video I found if you're interested. This guy nails it.
Click the bottom left to watch on youtube. After you watch the video read the comments:
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08-24-2022, 03:48 PM
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Before spending your $$ on add-on stuff, get the toe-in set to 1/8" to 5/32". This can actual be done with two straight pins, a tape measure and a helper. The CHF is also a low budget good idea. You should extend the links on the font when doing the CHF. Skutterdude on EBay has link extenders for the front sway bar, at a decent price.
Richard
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