How do I adjust the sway bar? Tight or with a little play in it? The instructions say NOTHING about the sway bar adjustments!! Help?
1815528
You start fairly tight and adjust. Too tight and it will not slide loosing all effectiveness. Too loose and you will have sway.
1815529
I tightened the small handle on the sway bar to be tight. Then after I drove my 28' trailer on the highway, I found it was still swaying, so I had to adjust the hex nut on the lower portion of the sway bar even tighter to bring the swaying under control. I would say you will need to haul your trailer a few times with each time adjusting the lower hex nut a 1/2 of a turn, till you get your preference. Good luck.
1815530
Depending on the size of tour trailer, you may want to install a second Sway Control on the left side if the trailer.
1815531
Tight. It is a friction style system. The vehicle will overpower the friction in a turn, but you want enough friction on if to prevent sway when traveling down the road. If you go hand tight, you should be able to loosen it with your hand when it comes time to remove it. If you use a torque tube to assist you in tightening, don't louse it as you will need it to loosen it up when you want to disconnect it.
1815532
I tighten my sway bar tight. Then back it up 1/8 th Of a turn . As a rule if you can feel a lot of sway in 5th tow vehicle as you are driving down the road you may need to tighten the sway bar. Happy towing.
1815533
I adjusted my camco down hand tight to where the plate and nut touched. the unstructions said tighten to where nut touches plate. i dodnt not do this the first two trips out and was fine. last time I doid it per instructions, and somewhere along the road the sway bar literally ripped the ball off the hitch, and then fell off somewhere. I would just go hand tight, and adjust accordingly. time for another new one...sigh
1815534
Get on level ground without any big turns...the sway bar should only be put on once you're heading out for the trip...I put mine on tight...used a wrench to tighten it to pretty tight...not super tight...bring the wrench incase you notice that it needs to be adjusted on the trip...so far with 2 trips...one was a close weekend trip and another was 2,500 miles...all I needed was the bar, my wrench and a rubber ended mallet...the tighter I made the sway bar...the better my trip was...that was just my experience...and I removed it when I had to make hard turns...
1815535
there is a video on youtube.com that explains it all for you...check it out there
1815536
The sway bar should mounted and installed with the tow vehicle and trailer joined up and as straight as possible in alignment with other. That will give you a good mount point. Once mount is established you install the sway bar and screw the tension down tight. Loosen if you want more sway and tighten if you think you have to much. Do not back up with it hooked up though. Hope this helps. If not I used T YouTube a lot as a reference
342355
Bar was placed in afterwards. The mounts flex slightly and U can adjust the bar up or down. I tried mine in both positions.
1101022
Front shocks have to come off, disconnect sway bar, compress springs, lower axle, install on shock tower and reinstall everything.. If all goes well, about 2-3 hours
2074604
The manufacturer recommendations say the sway bar should be level. For proper geometry to work.
1107131
Did you install it correctly? The way i installed it was to tightened til it stops, back out 1/4 turn and retightened. Repeat til it is straight. The crush washers are one time use.
2267039
these sway bars look cool. I leave mine loose because the action is in the shocks. If your racing oval then they come in handy. upgrade? unknown to me, N
296067
from what I found there's a small belt inside the bottom cover. If the belt is not on it dosnt turn bar. going to try to change belt to see if that turns it.
403097
Just a reminder, to tighten you need to turn it counter clockwise. Normally it's righty tighty, but not in this case-turn left to tighten. I tried to put it on by turning it right, but realize the error of my ways.
1033449
Interesting thing...I experienced this issue yesterday as well. The wire which opens throttle for auger and connected to the bar which engages it gets a bit loose. Try to pull it with your hand, you will see the difference. That being said, there is a metal plate with holes under the rubber cover on that wire where you can adjust tension of the wire connected to the throttle. Please note it is not easy to do, sometimes, if no one helps you. But it is doable. Let me know if you have further questions.
1071386
Adjust the trucks, it will make it a lot better! I had the same issue. if you don't know how to do this look it up on YouTube there are several tutorials on how. Good luck :)
50037
Sorry, I have no idea on that one. Mine was tight and worked fine out of the box. If it was mine I would try tightening it up and try it and adjust from there.
362089
Not sure I understand the 2nd part of your question, but here's what I did. There was a plug in the end of the regular grips that had to be removed so I could slide the regular grips down the bars to accommodate the bar-end grips. You will need to loosen the controls and slide them in far enough for the grips and bar-ends. That leaves an inch or so of plain handle bar over which you slide the bar-end grips and tighten them up.
327209
That could be a tough fit, my guess is the lower control arms might be the problem, and/or the sway bar links.
889496
I used a bar to force everything down to get it into place. Don't be afraid to muscle it. Everything should come together. Loosen everything up and try again.
1523517
Hi John. I bought this hoping that I wouldn't have to replace the whole throttle body as you are probably trying to do. As I recall, the position of the slot relative to the body cannot be changed, it is spring loaded. I had hoped to install it, adjust the position by turning the body, and then securing it with the screws when I got the position right based on the idle, but I could not get it to work. The idle was too high and I could not bring it down. The local shop couldn't adjust it either, apparently they are calibrated together at the factory. I ended up having to buy a whole new throttle body assembly. Hi John. I bought this hoping that I wouldn't have to replace the whole throttle body as you are probably trying to do. As I recall, the position of the slot relative to the body cannot be changed, it is spring loaded. I had hoped to install it, adjust the position by turning the body, and then securing it with the screws when I got the position right based on the idle, but I could not get it to work. The idle was too high and I could not bring it down. The local shop couldn't adjust it either, apparently they are calibrated together at the factory. I ended up having to buy a whole new... » Read More Hi John. I bought this hoping that I wouldn't have to replace the whole throttle body as you are probably trying to do. As I recall, the position of the slot relative to the body cannot be changed, it is spring loaded. I had hoped to install it, adjust the position by turning the body, and then securing it with the screws when I got the position right based on the idle, but I could not get it to work. The idle was too high and I could not bring it down. The local shop couldn't adjust it either, apparently they are calibrated together at the factory. I ended up having to buy a whole new throttle body assembly. « Show Less
1620001
What is the bar ID? Is it compatible with the size of the levers? Like someone else had previously responded, you tighten the levers by removing the rubber cap and using an allen key. If you have tightened this all the way already, then your bars are simply too big for these. If you tighten them and the fit is close but still slightly loose, you could probably rig something since the mechanism is simply an expander shiv; maybe you could wrap something around that to give you a little extra leverage.
1479654
Doesn't need a new track or sway bar. If it's the stock shocks you may need to go a little longer. Mine aren't the stock ones so it works good. Sometimes if they are too short it can bottom out on the spacer. Which isn't a problem as long as you don't get too crazy with the truck. Other than that it's a fantastic product. Looks great.