[tcb] Re: tecnical stuff
- From: "Aguirre, Adan" <AAguirre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:20:05 -0500
wagenswest.com,for spltty's & phatchick busses
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From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Dan Martin
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:22 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: tecnical stuff
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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