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coolrydes
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Here are the sway bars I promissed.... You can get them for any 67 and earlier bus front end and stock swing axle or beetle in bus transaxle.
look for a classified add up soon.....
Now I gotta get back to work on the A-Arm front end...... 
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Teeroy 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:21 am Post subject: Researching your needs for a Mendeola type 2 A-arm kit |
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Is the narrowed one a one size fits all narrowed? Or do they come 2', 3', 4'?
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coolrydes
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:02 pm Post subject: Re: Researching your needs for a Mendeola type 2 A-arm kit |
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| Is the narrowed one a one size fits all narrowed? Or do they come 2', 3', 4'? |
The front come in stock 2, 4 & 5 inch narrow.
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albop03
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| any way to get a 8" narrow sway bar |
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kanniff
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| any way to get a 8" narrow sway bar |
Damn!!
You're wheels mounted on the inside of the rails ;() |
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Anvil
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They can get around alot of the liaability by packageing it as OFF ROAD USE ONLY! Thats what most of the after market brake kits say. |
Just for the record, I didn't make the statement attributed to me in the quote above; looks like the quoting got jumbled. |
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Anvil
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| It moving forward. As soon as we have the proto type finished and tested I'll pop up some "Spy pics" for you guys to check out. We are busting ass to get the Bus sway bar line finished by the classic in mid June |
So are you thinking July, August, or something later? |
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Douglas711
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| I talked to Kevin at OCTO today and he said about three months |
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krusher
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I hope you can get the spring and damper rates right in the front, the bus has strange weight distribution and you also sit right above the axel.
Too stiff a spring rate would be a shame.
So whats are the basic parameters of your first prototype?
Track with compared to stock (if it had stock wheels)
Ride height compare to stock
Rack and pinion, used with stock steer box or not
complete bolt in or any cutting /welding needed
Break set up/stud pattern. (will it allow stock wheels)
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GarryA
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Will your classified ad or web site show pictures of those mounted on a bus to show placement? I have some "special" equipment under mine and need to know how and where it mounts on the rear to know if it will fit or it I need to make special arrangements.
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Douglas711
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| Will your classified ad or web site show pictures of those mounted on a bus to show placement? I have some "special" equipment under mine and need to know how and where it mounts on the rear to know if it will fit or it I need to make special arrangements. |
rear mounts to the torsion bar housing |
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Douglas711
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:22 am Post subject: ? |
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| Kevin any updates? |
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coolrydes
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:12 am Post subject: Re: ? |
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| Douglas711 wrote: |
| Kevin any updates? |
Getting close guys, buit we've had our set backs and re-designs. I will tell you this, when it's done it will be worth the wait.........
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crewcab1964
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| It has been about a month, any additional updates or progress? |
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kombisutra
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I would never fly something like this, but even I'm interested in the R and D going on here.
Hurry.  |
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crewcab1964
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| Any updates, Kevin? |
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Anvil
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| Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:41 am Post subject: |
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Douglas711
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject: update |
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| Just spoke with Kevin. They will not be touching this project for another 2 to 3 months. Might be summer before the final product is available. |
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coolrydes
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Hello, My Bus brothers
Doug is right, we ran into some issues on the transaxle division and had to pull back on a few new projects for a short period of time. We are going to get back on it but it will not be for another couple of months and then we hope to have our first proto type of our third generation bus a-arm front end. It's the third generations because the first two had things we were not completely happy with. Stay tuned and I'll pop some pictures up of the proto type as soon as we start testing....
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kylecomeau
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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| so there wont be any kits available for the first generations at all or just not yet? |
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