[tcb] Re: tecnical stuff
- From: "Aguirre, Adan" <AAguirre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:15:24 -0500
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-----Original Message-----
From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Dan Martin
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:21 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: tecnical stuff
Ya'll are correct FOR SPLIT BUSES!
I know Bus Boys sell NO DROP SPINDLES! ( they will sell you a
adjuster or a adjustable beam)
Wolfgang does not sell BAY BUS drop spindles.
Franklins is the only place in the US I have found that sell drop
spindles for BAYWINDOW buses, and the widen the track 3 inches or more.
On Oct 26, 2005, at 7:02 PM, singlecabboy wrote:
> I used the wilfgang int drop spindles in the front and
> their spring plate kit in the rear ,just like Denis
> did, on the Wolfgang spindles they do it in a way that
> it doesn't effect the way your shocks work or spread
> your wheels out in furthure , niether mine or Denises
> bus 's have a narrowed beam ,I think people do that to
> get bigger tires or sumin under there , I'M not sure
> about anybody elses stuff but these were a bolt on and
> go deal ,I CALLED bOB BEFORE i wrote this but he said
> the spindles were dead on what the stock with would
> have been
>
> --- Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> You CAN lower a bus this way, I would not recommend
>> it.
>> You can lower the rear like we have been discussing
>> here, It will
>> only ruin the camber (cause the tires to wear out
>> quick) eat the CV
>> joints, put the weight of the bus on the wrong part
>> of the springs
>> arc and make it handle funky.
>>
>> As far as lowering the front the way you are talking
>> about DON'T!
>> It will be low, but not safe.
>>
>> If you spend the money on drop spindles, don't
>> forget that the
>> spindles make the front track wider by 3 inches or
>> more.
>> The only way to overcome this is by narrowing the
>> beam (not cheap)
>>
>> I have spent a bunch of time looking at all the
>> different ways to
>> lower a bay.
>> I have come to the conclusion to NOT lower Homer.
>> The only way I would consider doing it would be with
>> the stuff from:
>>
>> http://www.bus-boys.com/
>>
>> And it is not cheap!
>>
>> Get the heater working first..........
>>
>> On Oct 26, 2005, at 3:06 PM, Brian Denning wrote:
>>
>>
>>> so then adjusting the torsion bars is then
>>>
>> something that could be
>>
>>> done in order to lower your bus as well correct?
>>>
>> what about the
>>
>>> front? i have seen where it is given step by step
>>>
>> on how to do it
>>
>>> by adjusting the torsion bars and relocating the
>>>
>> steering box.
>>
>>> would that be a good way of doing it? basically i
>>>
>> only want like a
>>
>>> 3 inch on the back and maybe 3.5 to 4 inches in
>>>
>> the front. or
>>
>>> should i opt for drop spindles on the front.
>>>
>> basically i am trying
>>
>>> to kinda lower it in as cheep a way as possible
>>>
>> but i want it to
>>
>>> be safe. i know that this is discussing raising
>>>
>> but i am looking
>>
>>> into lowering. sorry about hacking the topic.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Sammie Smith <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: tecnical stuff
>>>> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:42:23 -0500
>>>>
>>>> Denis:
>>>> As in most things in life, it depends. I have
>>>>
>> done this process
>>
>>>> many times on both swing axle and IRS VWs. Did
>>>>
>> it a couple of
>>
>>>> months ago on my panel van to reverse some
>>>>
>> idiot's rat rod
>>
>>>> lowering job they had done to it. Simple and
>>>>
>> took about 1 hour
>>
>>>> total time on each side (2 hours total). BUT! I
>>>>
>> have also gotten
>>
>>>> into ones where it wasn't simple and everything
>>>>
>> that could go
>>
>>>> wrong did in fact go wrong. Example: Worked
>>>>
>> once all day long on
>>
>>>> one side trying to get it right. Point: It can
>>>>
>> be simple; but it
>>
>>>> can also run into problems, particularly if
>>>>
>> you've never done one
>>
>>>> before.
>>>> Sammie
>>>>
>>>> At 12:16 PM 10/26/2005, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Again, I only know about Splitty tech, but
>>>>>
>> raising or lowering
>>
>>>>> your bus by removing the springplates and
>>>>>
>> re-installing them at a
>>
>>>>> different angle is not really that hard to do. I
>>>>>
>> would say that
>>
>>>>> the hardest thing is disconnecting and
>>>>>
>> reconnecting the shocks.
>>
>>>>> Do not fear.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lonnie
>>>>>
>> Bergman"
>>
>>>>> <bergmanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:12 AM
>>>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: tecnical stuff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I read the three posts to the typeII list Dan
>>>>>>
>> sent links to and
>>
>>>>>> learned a
>>>>>> lot. And after thinking about switching torsion
>>>>>>
>> bars, figured
>>
>>>>>> that could end
>>>>>> up to be a very bad thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shirley,
>>>>>> I'm pretty sure the front stabilizer bar from a
>>>>>>
>> 68 is the same.
>>
>>>>>> I have a
>>>>>> front stabilizer bar from a 71 hanging on the
>>>>>>
>> fence by garage if
>>
>>>>>> you want
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lonnie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
>> [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>
>>>>>> On Behalf
>>>>>> Of Sammie Smith
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:34 AM
>>>>>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: tecnical stuff
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A lot. One spline movement is probably way too
>>>>>>
>> much. On a
>>
>>>>>> swing axle one
>>>>>> spline on the outer probably increases height
>>>>>>
>> of bus by 2" or
>>
>>>>>> more and
>>>>>> increases camber probably 10 degrees. Don't
>>>>>>
>> switch bars.
>>
>>>>>> Sammie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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