[tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:46:06 -0700 (PDT)
I bet it would have been kool to see it at night.
Paul Smith
H.B.B
T.C.B
Transporters at the Point 6
--- On Mon, 10/13/08, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 11:31 AM
> The real answer is: DON'T LOWER THE FREAKIN BUS! Did
> you hear the story about the man and his wife from Sequin on
> the way to TP4? Their lowered bus with dropped spindles
> and an adjustable narrowed beam: Driving along the highway
> the adjusters apparently came loose, the nose of the bus
> dropped, the front tires locked up on the fender wells, and
> they went skidding down the highway with no steering and the
> front end supported only by the steering box grinding along
> on the pavement. Made me want to run home and lower all my
> busses.
>
> --- On Mon, 10/13/08, Will Wood
> <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 10:24 AM
>
> shocks won't fix that issue. That's the bump stops
> not coming into
> play.
>
> If you have a narrowed or aftermarket beam (like me) you
> watch for the bumps.
> I'm actually thinking of fabing up
> a couple of bump stops to work on my wagenswest beam. In
> Dallas there's
> too many )(*)(*#@! dips, potholes and everything
> so I always hear the squeel of the tires.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Oct 13, 2008 10:22 AM
> >To: Texas Coalition of Buses <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [tcb] GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust
> >
> >Coming home from T@P Sunday morning I started wondering
> if I should
> >switch out my GR2 shocks for Gas-Adjust.
> >My bus is lowered via dropped spindles on the front and
> I am running the
> >beefy Hankook RA08 tires.
> >When I hit a bumpy country road both of the front tires
> slam into the
> >tops of the front wheel wells giving off a hell of a
> sound.
> >Anybody running Gas-Adjust shocks on the front?
> >I have heard that I will hate it, but just wanted to
> get some opinions.
> >
> >
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