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Sway bars	John the busboy	2-14-00
Have any of you ever put a sway bar on a school bus? The purpose of the sway bar would be to keep the back of the bus from moving around so much on our wonder city streets. The new shocks helped, but more is needed. John the busboy
Re: sway bars	Mark O	2-17-00
Have any of you ever put a sway bar on a school bus? The purpose of the sway bar would be to keep the back of the bus from moving around so much on our wonder city streets. The new shocks helped, but more is needed. John the busboy I have never seen it done before but I haven't seen everything. Most of the time if the bus is waltzing around in the rear it is because a spring is broken. That is unless the bus is a van cutaway or built on a GM P-30 chassis. Most of them came with sway bars as standard equipment. If you are running a van cutaway, don't use recaps and be careful about the tread pattern you use. Caps and some traction tread won't stay still when going down the road. Also be very careful about your weight distribution. Too much weight behind the rear axle or too high will contribute to waltzing around. Happy trails. Mark O.
Re: sway bars	John the busboy	2-18-00
Have any of you ever put a sway bar on a school bus? The purpose of the sway bar would be to keep the back of the bus from moving around so much on our wonder city streets. The new shocks helped, but more is needed. John the busboy I have never seen it done before but I haven't seen everything. Most of the time if the bus is waltzing around in the rear it is because a spring is broken. That is unless the bus is a van cutaway or built on a GM P-30 chassis. Most of them came with sway bars as standard equipment. If you are running a van cutaway, don't use recaps and be careful about the tread pattern you use. Caps and some traction tread won't stay still when going down the road. Also be very careful about your weight distribution. Too much weight behind the rear axle or too high will contribute to waltzing around. Happy trails. Mark O. This is a conventional school bus. The reason for needing a super smooth ride is that I transport a person in a wheel chair. All the normal bus bus motion makes riding very tiring. There is a company in Seattle that makes sway bars for PU trucks. Maybe they can scale one up for the Lady Bug. John the busboy
Re: sway bars	Team courage	5-7-00
Is a van cutaway a bus thatlooks like van if so tha tis what I am buying did they take an actual van and turn them into a bus Have any of you ever put a sway bar on a school bus? The purpose of the sway bar would be to keep the back of the bus from moving around so much on our wonder city streets. The new shocks helped, but more is needed. John the busboy I have never seen it done before but I haven't seen everything. Most of the time if the bus is waltzing around in the rear it is because a spring is broken. That is unless the bus is a van cutaway or built on a GM P-30 chassis. Most of them came with sway bars as standard equipment. If you are running a van cutaway, don't use recaps and be careful about the tread pattern you use. Caps and some traction tread won't stay still when going down the road. Also be very careful about your weight distribution. Too much weight behind the rear axle or too high will contribute to waltzing around. Happy trails. Mark O.
Re: sway bars	FAST FRED	2-20-00
Sway bars help the suspension stay stuck to the pavement,, if anything they make thr ride harder and more jouncy. Slow down on sharp corners , and save your money. If you really want the "Majic Carpet Ride" get a set of air bags F&R and only inflate to 20 psi or so,, this lifts the body enough off the steel springs to smooth the ride .{Old Dodge owners trick} FAST FRED Have any of you ever put a sway bar on a school bus? The purpose of the sway bar would be to keep the back of the bus from moving around so much on our wonder city streets. The new shocks helped, but more is needed. John the busboy I have never seen it done before but I haven't seen everything. Most of the time if the bus is waltzing around in the rear it is because a spring is broken. That is unless the bus is a van cutaway or built on a GM P-30 chassis. Most of them came with sway bars as standard equipment. If you are running a van cutaway, don't use recaps and be careful about the tread pattern you use. Caps and some traction tread won't stay still when going down the road. Also be very careful about your weight distribution. Too much weight behind the rear axle or too high will contribute to waltzing around. Happy trails. Mark O. This is a conventional school bus. The reason for needing a super smooth ride is that I transport a person in a wheel chair. All the normal bus bus motion makes riding very tiring. There is a company in Seattle that makes sway bars for PU trucks. Maybe they can scale one up for the Lady Bug. John the busboy