[tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:37:46 -0500
Yes, I heard the story.
Unfortunately it's Lowered Bus or No Roof Rack.
Mine is not lowered the same way as the couple from Seguin, no adjusters
on mine.
Since I am not really digging lowered buses anymore, I may take off the
roof rack and raise it back up.
sammie smith wrote:
> 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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