we have about 20 thomas C2 bus ranging from 2013 to present day we just recieved to brand new ones today now the 13's lean so bad to driver side the mud flaps are draggin the ground the two new ones we got today already have a slight lean the manufactor wants to put a spacer in the left rear but this is not a fix its a patch been fightin with them for a while now has anyone else had this problem with C2's leaning to driver side
This is common practice method to fix the leaning issue for all bus manufacturers. The spacer is the best way to correct the issue. I have seen buses with excessive lean prior to delivery and this is the way we were correcting them with no issues later on.
we have about 20 c2 buses the first one we noticed the lean about a year after we got it when the mud flap was draggin the ground the new one we just got has about a half inch lean right now so if they put a spacer in it now I am willing to bet a year from now it will be down again so that's what I mean by a patch it will solve the problem until the spring settles again we fought with dealer on one bus and they replaced the springs and that bus has been good its been only 8 or 9 months. the other thing is all of them lean to the driver side there is an issue there
We've had a few bus types that were built with more weight on one side and that we had to add a spring leaf to. It's not a patch and we are talking many dozens of buses over a lot of years. There have also been new buses with springs (usually front) that sagged out right away and that we had to beef-up with extra leaf(s) or replace altogether. Most capable spring shops should be able to assist.
i hear what u guys are sayin i just cant wrap my head around a brand new bus saggin already when they deliever it the ic and bluebirds we have didnt have that problem but i hear what your sayin
Edited by - dsalinas1939 on 01/16/2015 12:20:02 PM
the newest one we got was a half inch down on drivers rear when we got it its already one inch and we had it for i think two weeks but most are down ich and a half on driver side but again the dealer agreed to replace leaf spring our state inspectors dont allow for a shim to be place in the shim pack so this is y they are changing leaf spring