| [GMCnet] Caspro rear sway bars [message #275712] |
Sun, 12 April 2015 19:53  |
glwgmc
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Anyone still running the humongous Caspro rear sway bars? Two bars, each about 1 1/4” in diameter, weigh around 50# each. If you are, check to make sure they are not influencing rear ride height side to side. When I put in the wireless air controller on the Clasco the side to side setting for level was 10 psi difference which I thought seemed high. I removed those sway bars and the side to side difference for level is now 3 psi. I did not investigate the exact reason why but I suspect one bar was stiffer than the other or the bent ends were no longer parallel or some such. Anyway, those bars made it more difficult to level the coach side to side anyway. As you raise one side, the other side came up as well. So, by, by rear sway bars.
Those bars were quite expensive in their day. They did make the coach drive more like a car with less of the single air bag mushing, especially since I added air bag risers to lower the operating pressure to provide more head room for the wireless air max limit of 100 psi. I have the same set up on the Royale other than it has the one ton front end and newer shocks. I don’t really notice the mushing after driving for a half hour or so.
The Clasco also has the large Caspro front sway bar which I will leave in place. It had the largest steering damper you ever saw, Caspro again. I did take that off as it came too close to the 3:21 final drive. Unfortunately, to originally install that monster steering damper they cut off the original steering damper mount so I am running without any steering damper. I suppose that could account for some of the mushing, but it has not been an issue to date.
BTW, the Clasco is proper ride height with 68 passenger side and 71 drivers side pressure in the bags. The Royale is proper ride height with 75 in each bag.
Jerry
Jerry & Sharon Work
Kerby, OR
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
78 Royale
77/94 Clasco
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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