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 jaksc
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 posted on March 28th, 2005 at 06:56 PM |
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split bus wheels
This might be a silly question but here goes. I've got a split window bus with lowered irs suspension . Having difficulty removing rear wheels when
jacked up. Any ideas?
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 07:17 PM |
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I have the same problem, so I undo the bottom shock bolt, this gives me enough to get the wheel clear.
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 07:20 PM |
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Sorry to hijack the thread, but what width are factory split wheels and what tyre size do they take? Assuming you have factory wheels.
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Brad
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 07:26 PM |
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Tried that but still cant get wheel off! any othe ideas
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 07:40 PM |
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Let the tyre down????
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 07:43 PM |
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On very low busses you may have to use a small bottle jack above the spring plate to force it down to get the wheel off. How did you get the wheel on
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 08:05 PM |
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Cut a small relief in the spring plate to allow it to drop down a little more where it meets the stopper.
Notching 5mm at he stop may give you 30mm extra drop at the wheel.
Once the wheel is off...
[Edited on 17/03/05 by ROTORBUG]
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 08:12 PM |
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When we bought the bus the wheels were already on. The tyre has gone flat but having trouble removing it.
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 08:12 PM |
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I had the same problem with the split wheels so I used beetle wheels as they have a differant offset.
I can still only use 165 tyres.
I also like the beetle wheels as they are solid.
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Dave
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 08:15 PM |
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Ihave 300mm to underside of the lip on the sill from the floor is this to low or would it be the same as yours dave
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 08:17 PM |
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Will measure it tomorrow, I can tell you that it is 3 inches lower than standard.
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Dave
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| posted on March 28th, 2005 at 08:23 PM |
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Thanks, may need to raise it abit to make it more user friendly so the information would be much appreciated
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