Raul
Adventurer
As a user of the Kit and having suffered the DW issue I can sympathize. Mine is a 5.4 so significantly lighter. I've been DW free for a while. I never had it when braking, only going over bumps or pronounced road ondulations.
SInce the radius arms brackets fall right on the tie point for the transmission crossmember on m van. I modified that cross and it bolts to the brackets themselves. Not exactly triangulation, but I am sure it provides some reinforcement.
I recycled the old drag link and an original van suspension brackets to provide some extra rigidity to the track bar mount. I do agree that the van frame was never intended to hold this kind of efforts.
Here is a picture I already posted on my build thread.
![IMG_3195.JPGe.jpg IMG_3195.JPGe.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/383/383433-f159934c3177ad1c8d48399871392cfd.jpg)
I never wanted to add an steering stabilizer until I feel the issue was minimized. I still do not have any stabilizer and so far so good. I recently changed wheels to 305/65r18 with 4.5 back spacing and it seems that it still working fine.
Regarding your frame being old or abused. My van was a shuttle for the drilling rigs in South Texas. It was filthy, the shock absorbers were destroyed, I had to re-weld the window guides inside the door as they broke due to the vibration... I do not think your van being a Hotel Shuttle had a harder life unless it was involved in some sort of accident that un-squared the frame.
Hope this helps
SInce the radius arms brackets fall right on the tie point for the transmission crossmember on m van. I modified that cross and it bolts to the brackets themselves. Not exactly triangulation, but I am sure it provides some reinforcement.
I recycled the old drag link and an original van suspension brackets to provide some extra rigidity to the track bar mount. I do agree that the van frame was never intended to hold this kind of efforts.
Here is a picture I already posted on my build thread.
![IMG_3195.JPGe.jpg IMG_3195.JPGe.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/383/383433-f159934c3177ad1c8d48399871392cfd.jpg)
I never wanted to add an steering stabilizer until I feel the issue was minimized. I still do not have any stabilizer and so far so good. I recently changed wheels to 305/65r18 with 4.5 back spacing and it seems that it still working fine.
Regarding your frame being old or abused. My van was a shuttle for the drilling rigs in South Texas. It was filthy, the shock absorbers were destroyed, I had to re-weld the window guides inside the door as they broke due to the vibration... I do not think your van being a Hotel Shuttle had a harder life unless it was involved in some sort of accident that un-squared the frame.
Hope this helps