LXi Front Anti-Sway Bar

[David Brady]

Folks,

I just completed a 2000 mi trip sans front sway bar and am very pleased
with the ride and handling. The bus does lean a bit more in a turn, but it
quickly settles and feels totally predictable. I learned something new about
LXi's during my trip. I had a chance to look over a non-slide 2000 LXi and
found that the sway bar is 1.75" in dia. versus my (slide equipped) 2.125"
dia. bar. My bar comes in at 5000 lb/in spring rate, while the 1.75" bar is
2350 lb/in. Quite a difference. It seems extreme to double the spring
rate simply
to accommodate an aluminum slide, which incidentally has most of its heavy
weight components (booms, hydraulics, etc) down low close to the CG.
The 1.75" bar does provide another option for those of us who don't want to
completely eliminate the bar. I'd like to try an even lighter weight bar, on
the order of 1000 lb/in. In the meantime, in an effort to keep the bus more
upright, I'm looking into Ridewell's Extreme Air height control valves.
These
valves narrow the dead band to 3 degrees and flow 10 cfm of air. They do
require 3/8" air lines however

David Brady
'02 LXi, NC