Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 11:33:24 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Front end rattle solved
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Hi Alistair,
The bushings I replaced looked just like the new ones except they were highly compressed in the center. They became almost paper thin. One was ripped almost through. Even though they felt just like the ones I replaced them with I hope the new ones from Bus Lab, are a better material.
I’m pretty sure when new the old ones would have felt and looked just like the new ones. Quality of materials is a common disappointment for me. There is no reason they should have failed so quickly other then the material was not up to the task. If these fail, I’m tempted to make my own out of a old silicon pot holder.
Eric Caron
85 GL Auto
> On May 10, 2021, at 10:51 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
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> Eric,
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> The rubber bushings that fit over the studs on the rad?
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> Did they fail by going hard or did they crack?
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> Nice to get the rattle so easily fixed :-)
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> Alistair
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>> On May 10, 2021, at 5:58 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Hi folks,
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>> I know others chase down rattles so I wanted to share a success.
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>> My fix was fairly simple compared to Alistair. I think he mentioned a rattle and now he is talking about a new engine.
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>> Anyway, when returning from our first outing about 100 miles away, the van would rattle on dirt roads. Mostly quiet on smooth roads.
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>> The rattle was in the front of the bus.
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>> The solution came from Dennis, He told me to check the radiator to see if it was moving slightly at the top. It was.
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>> He had used locally sourced bushings and they looked great and exactly like the originals. but they failed . I had to search several vender sites and finally found them at Bus Lab.
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>> Hopefully these last.
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>> Dennis also sent me the info on how to replace and I enjoyed the small fix.
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>> For me this is a reasonable job but something new and I learned a lot in the process.
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>> So, if you hear a rattle in the front when going over bumps or dirt roads, you might be able to make that go away with a simple update to the radiator bushings or just tightening it a bit.
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>> Thanks Dennis and others including help from a friend to find the correct and out of stock bushings!
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>> eRic Caron
>> 85 GL Auto
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