Long wait for service 86

sexy girls SG · 2008-06-04T22:02:36+00:00

I was told by fellow forumnite MS once that its the support that connects the air bellow to the chassis gave way. Its like a dislocated shoulder. Hence that...

sexy girls SG

just now at 7pm, i was waiting for 86 at the bus stop outside the old seletar camp guardhouse, heading towards sengkang. around 15 mins, saw SBS290E coming from the jalan kayu direction without destos. there were some passengers in the bus. i had a shock when i saw the bus, the bus was badly tilting to the right, the exhaust pipe nearly touching the ground! so i think thats the reason why the bus was not picking up passengers. i had to wait half an hour for the next bus, a damn packed SBS9425A

somemore SBS9425A managed to catch up with SBS290E at sengkang sec sch. u guys can imagine how slow SBS290E was travelling

by the way, what causes SBS290E to be tilted so badly? i have seen a lot of mercedes bus with this problem, but not volvos and scanias

Oceane SG

somemore SBS9425A managed to catch up with SBS290E at sengkang sec sch. u guys can imagine how slow SBS290E was travelling

by the way, what causes SBS290E to be tilted so badly? i have seen a lot of mercedes bus with this problem, but not volvos and scanias

Suspension spoilt? That time a CNG on 143 also like that. =)

chickenlittle2 SG

Suspension spoilt? That time a CNG on 143 also like that. =)

Simliar to SBS 9888Y lor.

Oceane SG

Simliar to SBS 9888Y lor.

9888 fixed liao. That time it also tilt to the right, but now it's back up straight. =D

SBS7484P SG

hmm.. 290E, 7pm.

when i saw it today at ard 1.10 - 1.15 it was fine.

maybe it bumped something a lil too hard on the way.

^tamago^ SG

pic on the way.

SBS9888Y SG

9888 fixed liao. That time it also tilt to the right, but now it's back up straight. =D

that guy old liao, 9 years. young boy, 2999 has it too.

^tamago^ SG

Anyway, it usually takes a longer time to wait for 86 if the next bus is a DD.

Y_Shun SG

WTF?!

shld just off service it man....

lemon1974 SG

taken at Ave 8 (opposite AJC?). Anyway, what was the BC doing? Should have declared breakdown if bus is travelling so slow.

SBS7484P SG

fwah? i didnt expect it so bad. anyone know whats the real cause?

im just guessing it bumped something too hard then the airbag powcha

^tamago^ SG

taken at Ave 6 (opposite AJC?). Anyway, what was the BC doing? Should have declared breakdown if bus is travelling so slow.

yeah, ave 6. he came out to inspect the bus, then went back..... i guess he called OCC and was told to not take in any more boarding pax and let those already onboard complete their journey.

SBS7484P SG

erm. so now lidat. fix or lay up?

im guessing maybe fix since its jus suspension.

SBS9888Y SG

last time got 1 SLBP 66. i think its 3839D also liddat tilted to the right until vv jialat. the BC jus keep revving engine and pump the air. then the bus started to tilt back to its original position

^tamago^ SG

of course they will try to fix it if spares are available.

once in a while a merc gets this problem. no need to lay up cos of this.

sinicker SG

wow can say that's the most tilted one i've seen.

sexy girls SG

wow.... tamago, u have the pic! need to replace the suspension? how many DD does 86 have?

^tamago^ SG

There are now only 2 DD's on 86 – 9425A (Maggi Ad) and 9577U. It used to have 9 DD's and 5 SD's, but that was almost 4 years ago under Hougang Depot with a full Volvo fleet on 86. Now it's Mercedes under Ang Mo Kio Depot, with 2 DD's and 9 SD's.

On the day of transfer, all 9 DD's on 86 were transferred wholly from HGDEP to AMDEP overnight to be controlled by the latter, due to AMDEP's shortage of DD's then, even with control of almost all B10TL's then, and before the B9TL's came in. The 5 HGDEP Mk IV SD's out of 86 were passed to Service 101. Only 2 of them now remain on 101. On AMDEP's side, only 2 of the 9 DD's now remain on 86, with the rest either passed to BNDEP or on other AMDEP services.

On the day before the deployment changes, Service 86 had its DD's running as per usual from Hougang Depot, while every SD slot had a spare bus cameoing on it, majority of them Mk II's.

You can read about the deployment changes at http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1279/topics/94310.

^tamago^ SG

Anyway it was by coincidence that I happen to pass by, make a u-turn and took the picture. It will simply require some repairs and parts change to the suspension assembly, most probably either a faulty pressure relief valve or failure of the whole assembly unit for that side.