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tigger2
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Posted - 02/28/2011 :  11:49:03 AM  Show Profile  Click to see tigger2's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
We have 8 99-2000 Blue Bird conventional buses that started breaking seat bolts, at the isle mounting. Found the 1/4" bolts rusted through at the point that the bolt went through the floor wood. We replaced all the isle bolts and found almost 1/2 of them bad. If your district is in the rust belt an inspection may be in order.

Wolf0r
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Posted - 02/28/2011 :  1:00:44 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks for the tip, I'll add that to my list. I have a bucket full of new bolts/nuts from a CE white install a few years back. Drill them out an put in 5/16.
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Schoolbus56
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Posted - 02/28/2011 :  4:03:12 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have been noticing that on some 90's models esp. by the rear wheels.
wow.
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tyler b
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Posted - 03/04/2011 :  11:41:30 PM  Show Profile  Visit tyler b's Homepage  Reply with Quote
ours did that. 1/4" seems kind of really short for a seat bolt.
Edited by - tyler b on 03/04/2011 11:42:44 PM
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JRob
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Posted - 03/05/2011 :  11:22:27 AM  Show Profile  Visit JRob's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Believe it or not, water can wick right up through the floor via bolt threads from underneath a school bus body.
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Wolf0r
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USA
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Posted - 03/07/2011 :  08:10:58 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by JRob

Believe it or not, water can wick right up through the floor via bolt threads from underneath a school bus body.
True Dat!
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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