| [GMCnet] Giant Caspro rear sway bars, report after removal [message #276909] |
Tue, 28 April 2015 12:20  |
glwgmc
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While on this last trip in the Clasco I had the ability to see what impact removing those monster Caspro rear sway bars would have on ride and drive. At the same time I removed those, I also installed bag risers (the Clasco has the stock one bag per side system) and discovered the rear Bilstein shocks have seen better days. So, this report is on the combination of those three things.
Prior to all of this the Clasco ride was flat and well controlled with little sway under any driving conditions even though the ride heigh was set low both front and rear. With the ride height unchanged, there now is more noticeable sway in the wind but it is still a one hand on the steering wheel ride. The bag risers do seem to exacerbate the sway issues, but finding the rear shocks likely bad makes it hard to pinpoint how much of the sway is due to the bag risers or the questionable shocks. The one thing that is very much an improvement is we can now level the coach side to side far more easily and effectively. So, bottom line, I would say those very large Caspro rear sway bars did their intended job of keeping the coach flat and level at the expense of making it harder to level side to side. I don’t know if those big sway bars negatively effected the degradation of the rear shocks or not, but they certainly do need to be replaced.
The Royale also still uses the stock one air bag per side and has bag risers but with newish KYB shocks all around. It has the one ton front end and is set at factory ride height. It sways in the wind less than the Clasco and is also a one hand on the wheel ride. My wife says she can notice less sway in the Royale than in the Clasco even when not in the wind but that was not as noticeable for her before we removed the Caspro rear sway bars on the Clasco.
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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