THE BLUE BIRD BOUNCE

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Al,

I am having the big anti-sway removed on my bus. David assures everyone that the anti-sway bar is the culprit causing the front end bounce on our LXi. Obviously, bad shocks will contribute to the problem. You may recall that I said in anothe post that I bounced from FL to CA on the initial trip home in the new 'Bird.
The center of balance on an LXi is very low and (with good shocks); there should be very little side to side body sway sans the anti-sway bar. I'm anxious to test drive my bus after the repairs are done. Maybe by the end of this week as I'm having a lot of other things done to my bus while it is there.

While my bus is at the repair shop; I am also replacing the shocks and having the caster set between 6 & 6.5 degrees. The service manager told me that they have been doing this for many brands of coaches. He says the driveability is dramatically improved in 90% of the cases.

Their body shop is also repairing the trim piece on the slideroom and loose paint along the slide's bottom trim piece.