[tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust

  • From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:52:51 -0500

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx 
  To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:36 PM
  Subject: [tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust


  And it helps to grease them occasionaly.

    -------------- Original message -------------- 
    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. 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Eric Woodall" 
    > To: < BR>> ; 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 r eally 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" 
    > >> Se nt: Mo nday, 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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