[tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust
- From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:36:44 +0000
And it helps to grease them occasionaly.
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From: "chuck blue" <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Yes, this is Denis.
>
> I don't know that you can adjust the front torsion springs, you just pull
> out the (in my case) tired and corroded springs and replace them with a
> clean set from a junkyard.
>
> Coilovers may make your suspension travel less in a bounce, but that means
> your ride is more harsh. Paul has coilovers. ( Paul has everything). Like
> the gas adjust, they won't raise or lower your bus, they just reduce the
> travel
>
> Airbags will solve your problems, be expensive, give a harsh ride, but they
> will solve the problem.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Woodall"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 2:15 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust
>
>
> >I assume this is Denis and not Chuck?
> > Yeah, I remember your debacle.
> > How did you adjust your front torsion springs? I always thought they
> > were fixed?
> > Coilovers might be a good change.
> >
> > chuck blue wrote:
> >> Eric, I am surprised if you hadn't heard of my whole drama with the
> >> tires rubbing from the lowering. I worked hard for a long time to stop
> >> the tires from rubbing. I even changed out the torsion springs ( which
> >> actually helped. Mine were all stuck together and weren't really
> >> springing much). The thing I did that helped the most was adjusting my
> >> springplates higher. It's not too hard and it cost nothing. Murray
> >> does not sit as low as he did before, but it really did help. I can
> >> carry a passenger now and it rarely rubs.
> >>
> >> Lower profile tires in the front help, too, but that's a whole other
> >> discussion.
> >>
> >> If I was to make a new bus project I think I would still lower it at
> >> least some. The campers, like Fred's for instance, sits quite a bit
> >> lower than Chuck's Bluebus, which sits way high. I guess this is the
> >> result of all the weight the camper holds. So, if you wanted a
> >> passesger bus to be lower and stay stock, you have to carry some
> >> concrete bags or lead ballast bars.
> >>
> >> I like the feel of a lowered bus.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Woodall"
> >> To: "Texas Coalition of Buses"
> >> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:22 AM
> >> 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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