What breaks most on bays? what have you broken on yo bus?

udidwht · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:55 am Post subject: .

Seat belt hangers (plastic)

twinfalls · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:32 am Post subject: Re: .

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lostsailr · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject:

I agree with the seatbelt holders. I have one replaced with a metal piece which should outlast the bus. Also the plastic cabinet drawer pulls/latches. Someone always pulls harder rather than pushing the button and then rips the things right off the screws holding them on. All else seems to wear out rather than break.
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kirklarson · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

Clutch cables, Clutch cables, Clutch cables,Clutch cables,Clutch cables, and muffler. I finally figured out that my clutch cable tube was bent and was hanging up the cable and causing the problem. So check your clutch cable tube for kinks and such. And lot of lube on it as well as you clevis pin.

static · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

larryulm · Samba Member Joined: October 18, 2004 Posts: 118

once I broke the pulley on the generator on a 1600 going uphill in a split bus. The belt was too small, too tight, and the pulley split and looked like pac man....some crazy stuff right there, Happened in Morgantown West Virginia if anyone would care.

calebmelvin · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject:

My knuckles, I break them all the time on my bus.
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dweller · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject:

the #|~% plastic piece on the end of the solenoid you hook the hot wires to will snap off if you're not careful!

eh, remembering when you could just buy another solenoid and replace it.
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elstrom · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:47 pm Post subject:

I can't believe no one has mentioned the fuel gauge. Those things never seem to work. Maybe it's just a late bus thing, though.
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Runamuck Bus · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:52 pm Post subject:

bank account
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bigzack · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:34 pm Post subject:

Windshield. Who would guess that birds can't get out of the way of a brick travelling at the speed of smell.
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Blaubus · Samba Member Joined: October 25, 2003 Posts: 5153

if you are looking at an old bus, suspect the following:

ball joints
transmission
booster
steering box
signals
rotor and drum thicknesses
hydraulics
the entire engine
battery

as far as common on-the-road failures i have suffered in order of frequency:

more than once:

lighting
cables
fuel pump
generator
flat tire
fan belt
frozen gas line
starter

only once:

broken gen. pulley
points
cutoff jet wiring
plug blew out of head
release bearing blew up, ate the cross shaft and plate
fuel filter obstruction
needle valve obstruction

theizzardking · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject:

towd · Samba Member Joined: June 20, 2005 Posts: 2458

I was trying to narrow this down, with what doesn't break ?

The two rivets holding the ID tag to the dash, They have to be drilled out

keumnam · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject: busted stuff

clutch cable, throttle cable, pilot bearing. All that has gone wrong in the 4 years I've owned my 71 westy except for the brake servo.
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enjoispammy8 · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject:

battery cables on the freeway Evil or Very Mad

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Vamstad · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject:

Seat belt hanger clips - always carry an extra for passenger side - my friends have no idea how this system works and just pull the belt.

Clutch cable

Vacuum lines - carry a bit of all sizes (look at ratwell's website for sizes) they crack easily and make the bus run like shite

Horn - wiring sucks and is prone to break

Fuel lines - don't last long - get the good ones
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i_am_cool_fred · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:06 pm Post subject:

in my 4 years the throttle cable has broke, the fitting on the carb broke off causing a small fire, ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, that's really it.

oh, my transmission lost 4th gear coming back home on a 250 mile trip i was about 150 from the house and just held it in gear...scared the crap out of me everytime i forgot and took my hand off the stick

that's all i've had problems with and i'm rough on my bus too
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