AK49er
Senior Member
Well tomorrow I start on the suspension upgrades on the world famous Dodge handling problems. Most everybody has heard of the problems so I wont go into it now. I have researched quite a lot regarding this problem and I feel I must tackle this issue before our trek from here in Alaska to Virginia next spring. My trip tomorrow is to a qualified front end shop to have it checked out, my tape measure and pry bar tell me that nothing is seriously broke. Through my readings it seems that caster increase may help on some Dodges, even more than what Dodge says on specs, but we will see. If EVERYTHING checks out on the front end I will move onto other things. An option on the Coach House was a heavy duty steering stabilizer, which I don't have, which I'm not fond of and they will have to convince me it wont put added stress on all of the other front end hardware. Next step is to put on the 2" wheel spacers on the rear to align rear wheels with the front. Dodge has a 4" narrower width on the rear and then Coach House added about 5" to each side of the coach making these unstable. After this upgrade it will equal the Chevy rear end width, go figure! The "Queen B" has Firestone air bags but no sway bar, the air bags are good, but I think I will look into the Roadmaster sway bar and see what kind of fitment problem I might have. The sway bar was not an option from Coach House and I wonder why. I did install new tires and Bilstein shocks a month ago so I know I'm good there. I love this little rig but it is an effort to drive anywhere and anytime, maybe this will be a good start to the problems. If anyone has additional info please feel free to jump in anytime!