[DK on the road]

Hey, NOT COOL !

I'm next on the "Fluke list"?

Saturday morning while going thru a freeway cloverleaf, I heard a loud pop and thunk. Very disconcerting. I pulled over and looked over the coach and in the compartments. I found a container tipped over on a compartment, straighten it up and drove on carefully. I kept hearing a clanking noise every light bump I went over, then I changed lanes and about 3 hard thumps and debris scattering on the freeway. I thought a tire had a bubble that I couldn't see and I was loosing a front tire, so I pulled over again. The 3 hard bumps was freeway porcelain dots being picked off by the broken swaybar hanging low.

My coach 784 is configured a bit differently than Bills. My Swaybar is connected thru a ball joint adjustable yokes or Tie rods to the A arms.  Mine broke inside the rubber grommet. I wired it up to the lower control arm and will continue on my drive, minimizing the forces that the swaybar would normally absorb. I have about a 1,200 miles before I get back to my shop, I'll change it there.

Now, I have the same question as was raised earlier, not sure what torsion it takes, but we are finding a way to do it. I'm going to talk to Newell tomorrow and find out if they have created an upgrade. For my model coach, It would only take larger brackets and the Bar to upgrade.

BTW, I used about 5 ea. zip ties and used 10 g wire to hold the broken piece. After 300 miles of desert heat, 1 zip tie and 1 loop of 10g wire still holds. I need to air up and redo this better for the balance of the trip.