Roadmaster installation

Honestly, we preferred the ride, handling and performance offered by the much more affordable Nexens. On our current Ram , we have no plans to change the factory Nexens unless we upgrade to As of now, that is not in the cards.

At slow speeds, the truck and camper would sway aggressively when driving over uneven entrance ways. For example, when pulling into a gas station at an angle, a slight incline or decline would send the entire rig swaying back and forth. Following our own advice, we decided to add the suspension enhancement products we needed for the problems we had.

In our case, sway. Since we already had the Torklift StableLoads and upgraded Michelin tires, the next logical enhancement was a sway bar — and possibly new and upgraded shocks. As it turns out, there is only one company that makes a sway bar for and newer Ram with a 6. After contacting the company, Roadmaster invited us to their Vancouver, Washington headquarters for an installation.

A few weeks before our scheduled appointment, our Ram was T-boned and totaled in La Grande, Oregon. Three weeks later, we had a brand new Ram and rescheduled the installation.

In a nutshell, they greased the inside of the bushings with Aqualube, pushed the bushing clamps over the bushings with a soft hammer, attached the axle brackets, assembled and attached the endlinks, attached the sway bar to the endlinks and tightened the bolts. Even with our persistent questions and pauses for photography, the entire installation took less than an hour. After re-checking the fittings, they asked us to go on a road test.

When we entered a nearby gas station with an angled and slightly inclined entrance, the rig swayed less, but still swayed too much. After returning to Roadmaster, the team had another idea.

And like that, they were under our truck installing the beefier sway bar. A half-hour later we were ready for another test drive. The second sway bar was a revelation. When we entered the gas station this time, the rig was well controlled with very minimal sway and a much faster recovery.

Drop me a direct message and when I come back on I will see it. The RBK9 bracket kit arrived today!! As indicated above, there are some differences in how the instructions and photos match. There are essentially 4 ways to mount the stabilizer to the tie rod.

Looking forward - right side of the photo is right side of the coach passenger It could still use a washer or two between the RSSA and the tie rod bracket, but it is far closer than the instruction photos indicate.

Roadmaster has been contacted about the differences and are said to be evaluating a change to the instruction sheet. First road trial tomorrow is only a few miles, but a couple hundred miles the next day. I'm anxious and will post my opinion later. I also installed the Roadmaster to our Tiffin36LA. I like your comment and engineering concept. Straight lines level to the bracket attached to the cast iron sway bar mount is a better idea.

Will be changing mine. One bit of advise, be sure to torque the 8 metric bolts that attach the mounting bracket to the sway bar mount to around 74ft. Even though they have lock nuts they can loosen and break.

Guaranteed to break if loose. Roadmaster was no help in knowing the torque of the Ford bolts. Had to ask Ford techs.

Please advise if you have different info on this. Thanks for your ideas and info! Originally Posted by HGC. Installed the RSSA today. I'm underwhelmed by the attaching hardware. Mostly the tie rod attachment. Torquing it to 20 Ft Lbs it is bending the braket quite a bit and sliped on the tie rod during the first test drive. Increased the Tq to 25 and the bracket is bent even more. I can't imagine what the bracket would look like with 30lb tq. How bent are the other brackets out there and what are your torquing them to so they don't slip on the tie rod?

Originally Posted by z Actually if your pockets are deep enough there is a full suspension conversion available. They allowed test drives of the coach and it was pretty impressive. The rest is where the deep pockets come in. You may also like:. BB code is On. Smilies are On. Trackbacks are Off. Pingbacks are Off. Refbacks are Off. Forum Rules.

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