Volgren artic (SMRT) and some Habits

Scania N113CRB luver SG

Hmm went to Admiralty and WRI recently...I noticed that some Volgren artic(SMRT) and Habits (those from regos TIB1150B onwards) from WLDEP sounds like monsters. Those Voith Volgren artic abit weird also, the Voith can also whine . Then those Habits with ZF (from 1150B onwards) when decelerating, the ZF whining sound is about dunno? 1.5-2 times louder than other bendies.

Strange , now my fav buses are beginning to sound like monsters. Shocked Shocked

TIB1049L SG

I think bcoz of lack of good care @ WLDEP – TIB1182J is the monster among the monsters

Scania N113CRB luver SG

YARH!!! But TIB1182J my fav bus leh... Anyway, anyone notice that Volgren bendies and some Habits are the loudest bendies (or maybe the loudest of the whole of SMRT's fleet?" Shocked

Scania SG

Refer to this thread

SBS9816E SG

Perhaps you guys don't know this but for Volgren bodied O.405Gs, the insulation compartment doesn't insulate much of the engine sound, and hence sounding louder than any other artic buses.

Buses with Voith transmission that whine? Oh c'mon... it's common. Guess you guys are having over-sensitive hearing.

Scania N113CRB luver SG

Yea...That makes Volgren bodied O.405Gs the loudest bendies i've ever heard...Go to WRI and you know what i mean. Cool Even when idling, can hear the engine running quite loudly, a somewhat "thumping" kind of sound....very different from most O.405s and O.405Gs idling sound. Even when the bus is 100m away, i can still hear the bus very loudly if the BC floors it hard.

Yeap..Many of the Voith buses "whines" take the DM3500 and DAFs for example...What i meant is that the Volgren artics whines rather very loudly.