It appears the reason for changing them was the condition of the ball joints and not the bushings, which came to my mind. Did the BJs have grease fittings or were they sealed with lifetime grease
I'm pretty sure they had grease fittings. The new ones do for sure.
The small "dog bone" links, both front and rear, were completely without bushings. It was a bit of a challenge getting the drivers side rear link removed. The stud broke and had to be replaced.
And, of course, the bus needed an alignment after the front end work was done.
Good to see you around again. Both dust boots are torn on my lowers, and one of my uppers has some play in it. On the list to have taken care of. If there is play in the A arm, one of the maintenance items it can generate is unusual tire wire according to Prevost. Sure enough, I have a little bit of that going on with the right steer.
I am curious - what is your Prevost VIN? My last 4 digits are 4838 (edit: actually 6838). Would be interesting to see how far apart our buses were coming out of the factory.
My VIN ends in 6781. The techs at Jacksonville said that our bus is likely one of the last XL's because we have and XLII dash. I wasn't sure if our dash was something from Liberty Coach or Prevost.
The front end work made no discernible difference in the way the bus drives. However, I couldn't imagine trying to defend the decision not to repair a safety item after having it brought to my attention by the factory service center.
It was the right thing to do.
And, I'll never have to address it again in my lifetime of ownership of this bus.
Mine is actually 6838, not 4838 so we are fairly close. Mine does not have the XLII dash, but Ted's 2000 Liberty that we drove to Cali did. I am guessing that was a Liberty deal.
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