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motorcoach1
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 11:26 am: | |
sence the fellow with the hop problem i went and looked at mine on an MC7. there are stress cracks on both foward lower leaver bolt ups not the axle end . what i had in mind is to cut a sleve and slide it up inside and weld it and do the same on the outside would this be a safe fix? and how long should the new sleve and plate be?the cracks are abut 3 inches long both sides. thank you for any suggestions.i would be afraid to take it on the road this way |
Sojourner (Jjimage)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 9:55 pm: | |
Could please explain more specific or/and more clearly about "foward lower leaver bolt ups not the axle end" and "sleve and slide it up inside"
Sojourn for Christ, Jerry |
John MC9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 10:03 pm: | |
Are you talking about the Radius Rods? A bushing at each
end? And the pins that hold them to the chassis are cracked? |
motorcoach1
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 2:39 pm: | |
yes john ,i should have said that . radious rod mount that go stright forward off the axle and mount to the frame where the spare tire compartment is , this frame member on both sides show cracks from stress the steel tube looks to be about 3 1/2 square comming down from the top maine frame welded into the spare tire compartment and the radious rods are bolted to the bottom of this tube housing. |
John MC9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 9:06 pm: | |
I have to replace the bushings in mine, and after talking to
the bus company down here, they said:
If the pins (what the radius arm is connected to) is cracked,
or too, too far worn, they should be replaced; that there is
too much weight and torque applied to the pin during travel,
to trust a repair.
They do sell bushings to fit the pin, if it's modestly worn...
If it's the radius arm itself, with the crack? Just get another
one, I wouldn't bother playing with it..
If you take a picture and post it to this board, I'd bet you'd
have some better advice from those that have made that type
of fix! |
motorcoach1
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 9:24 pm: | |
john the bushings are in good shape ..it's where the pin or bolt goes in the frame member has the stress crack.. looks to me someone tryed to turn it to hard lock to lock to many times and twistwd it ... in my previous post i said the square frame member ..the radious rods by themselfs are almost industrctable. |
John MC9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 12:03 am: | |
There's no way, that a hard "lock to lock" would twist or
destroy that section. If I were you, I'd take it to a competent
bus garage for a look-see. They should be able to tell you
exactly what's wrong, and what may have happened to cause
that damage..... and how it should be repaired.
This is nothing to fool with. And without pictures and/or an
actual in-person view, any suggestions would be totally
invalid. Don't end up as roadkill, willya? Get it looked at
by people that know what they're looking at. |