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Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:37 pm

I want to prep my 71 bus for off road will the area where the shock mounts/wheel bearings need to gussetted ?

Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:15 pm

i dont know much about buses but i know about off road, gusset everything you can get to! dosent matter if it is a ford, chevy, baja or bus if you have the time, welder and the inclination spend a few hours looking around at everything that will take stress and throw some extra steel in there to make it stronger. remember; you are about to do things with this vehicle that it was never designed for. strengthen everything! that and wear your crash helmet.....lol

Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:22 pm

I am mainly concerned on weather the bearing/shock piece is cast steel( britle when welded) or forged ?

Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:11 pm

Here's a site that might be useful to you.

http://www.baja.com/kombi/

It's all about baja busses.

Daniel

Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:00 pm

I had a 72 bus that I did a moderate baja job on. It was cool to look at, but seriously underpowered. It wouldn't climb much. Baja bug's main climbing abilities are due to light weight, speed and rear wheel traction. The bus is a brick, slow, but has that rear wheel traction. It made moving the family around fun, if it was done on the moderate hills and flat dirt roads. I ended up selling it and will get a baja bug someday.