Even P buses have bad days!

[davidbrady]

Word is that the Antebellum fire was caused by: "oil seal on the hub failed, and the bearing overheated and caught fire, mostly happens on trucks and buses that have the fancy hub caps that cover the hub seal, poor pre-trip on the driver's part", as reported on the TMZ site.

I had leaking stemco hub caps on my tag axle. While this isn't the leaking hub seal in question it is yet another leakage point. When I bought my bus in Kamloops, BC and stopped for service at Vancouver the techs spotted it. They said Prevost went to a new style stemco hub cap. Of course this is a separate item then the hub seal, but any leaks should be attended to. Here's a pic of the newly installed cover, note the larger red breathing button. There's a fill port on the side of the cap; don't try to remove the red breather: