ThePog 8,118 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 If you do I need a favour... The rear springs on my bus are pretty saggy, so much that one side is basically resting on the bump stop. I just replaced the shocks but it wasn't enough to jack it back up. It is a very early civilian and I am hoping the w40 rear springs are the same, or similar enough to use as there is way more chance I can get a set of those... So I need some pics and some measurements of w40 ones before I get too carried away. Chur in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Valiant 42,169 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 @ThePog Is it leaf or coil sprung? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThePog 8,118 Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 17 minutes ago, Valiant said: @ThePog Is it leaf or coil sprung? Leafy green Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Valiant 42,169 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Have you considered getting them re-arched? It's a valid repair. Bellamy and East in ChCh re arch them, I'm not sure about Nelson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThePog 8,118 Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 21 minutes ago, Valiant said: Have you considered getting them re-arched? It's a valid repair. Bellamy and East in ChCh re arch them, I'm not sure about Nelson Yea it's an option, hopefully someone in Nelson can do that. I'll investigate this week. I am pretty sure mine is the same as a w40, the running gear in mine was also in the later ones, and I reckon that will be cheapest and easiest. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny.race 1,293 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 @ThePog I only just saw your post. I checked our bus. Its a RGW40. What info do you need exactly and do you still need it? Cheer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sidewaysickness 3,030 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Cunt, Go to Brightwater engineers and ask for Kerry (he may be over at the old PK engineering yard) and tell him that cunt shane sent you. Hes a spring maker but can also get yours reset, but may as well get some monster truck style ones made to make a MONSTER BUS lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThePog 8,118 Posted January 17 Author Report Share Posted January 17 On 11/01/2021 at 14:09, johnny.race said: @ThePog I only just saw your post. I checked our bus. Its a RGW40. What info do you need exactly and do you still need it? Cheer. Hey sorry i just saw this. I think I have it sorted, the man Kerry is probably going to add a leaf to the springs for me. Having said that, that^ will be spendy, so it might be worth looking further at replacement springs from a w40. If you could take a pic or two and measure center of the eye to eye, plus the width of the spring that would be sweet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny.race 1,293 Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 On 17/01/2021 at 16:26, ThePog said: Hey sorry i just saw this. I think I have it sorted, the man Kerry is probably going to add a leaf to the springs for me. Having said that, that^ will be spendy, so it might be worth looking further at replacement springs from a w40. If you could take a pic or two and measure center of the eye to eye, plus the width of the spring that would be sweet. The rear leaf springs in our W40 are 1242mm long as measured from center of spring eye to center of spring eye. They are 70mm wide with each leaf spring assembly consisting of 2 leaves each. Our bus leans over too, lol! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThePog 8,118 Posted January 18 Author Report Share Posted January 18 24 minutes ago, johnny.race said: The rear leaf springs in our W40 are 1242mm long as measured from center of spring eye to center of spring eye. They are 70mm wide with each leaf spring assembly consisting of 2 leaves each. Our bus leans over too, lol! Cheers for that, I will measure up. Mine has 4 or 5 leaves, I'd be interested to know the gvm etc of yours... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny.race 1,293 Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 @ThePog gvm 5700kg tare 3420kg. Its around 7m long. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThePog 8,118 Posted January 18 Author Report Share Posted January 18 39 minutes ago, johnny.race said: @ThePog gvm 5700kg tare 3420kg. Its around 7m long. That's interesting, mine is gross 4500kg, tare 2730kg. If it wasn't raining I'd go down and look at the spring sizes and count the leaves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
holdenman 240 Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 The gvm can be all over the show on trucks so I guess busses are much the same. My civilian mobile home is just a tad under 4tonne. I do wonder if yours had a leaf taken out for comfort which has made them weaker. I must have look tomorrow at mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unclejake 12,734 Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 I've had pretty much the same issue with my Toyota truck and solved it (temporarily I concede) by fitting air shocks pumped up to 150psi . That raised the vehicle enough that it doesn't hit the bump stops now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
holdenman 240 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 You have the same springs as my '95 Civillian Super limo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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