[tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust

  • From: "chuck blue" <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:05:07 -0500

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" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Texas Coalition of Buses" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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