[tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:15:40 -0500
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" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Texas Coalition of Buses" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:22 AM
> Subject: [tcb] GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust
>
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>> 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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