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> The folks who designed our coaches were damn good, but as in anything, the
> engineers often get overruled by the bean counters. (eg: the final drive
> ratio) I'd wager that some minimum acceptable stopping distance was
> specified, and once met little further brake development occurred, except the
> never-ending quest to shave a few dollars cost.
One of the Marion GMCMI rally high points occurred during the
presentation given by the lady that was on the original GMC design
team. Dallas Jensen asked her why in the world did they put those long
bolts that extend through the wheelhouse covers on the front seat
mounts.
She related that the front seat mountings failed on the first crash
test. On the second test, someone had installed long bolts in the seat
mounts. The mounts passed the second crash test. It was too expensive
to do additional testing just to validate a shorter bolt. Ergo, all
production GMC's had the long bolts that protrude into the wheel
wells.
Patrick
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> The folks who designed our coaches were damn good, but as in anything, the
> engineers often get overruled by the bean counters. (eg: the final drive
> ratio) I'd wager that some minimum acceptable stopping distance was
> specified, and once met little further brake development occurred, except the
> never-ending quest to shave a few dollars cost.
One of the Marion GMCMI rally high points occurred during the
presentation given by the lady that was on the original GMC design
team. Dallas Jensen asked her why in the world did they put those long
bolts that extend through the wheelhouse covers on the front seat
mounts.
She related that the front seat mountings failed on the first crash
test. On the second test, someone had installed long bolts in the seat
mounts. The mounts passed the second crash test. It was too expensive
to do additional testing just to validate a shorter bolt. Ergo, all
production GMC's had the long bolts that protrude into the wheel
wells.
Patrick
- --
Patrick Flowers
Mailto
atrickThe GMC Motorhome Page
http://www.gmcmotorhome.com
