SB-33-02
Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
THOMAS BUSES: THE BEARING SPACER ARE BEING REPLACED WITH NEW PRESET BEARING SPACER, WHEN EVER OLD HUB HAS BEEN REMOVED. MODEL SAF-T-LINER C2. NO YEARS LISTED. *PE
Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
SB-33-02
THOMAS BUSES: THE BEARING SPACER ARE BEING REPLACED WITH NEW PRESET BEARING SPACER, WHEN EVER OLD HUB HAS BEEN REMOVED. MODEL SAF-T-LINER C2. NO YEARS LISTED. *PE
PSB-13
THOMAS BUILT: THE COPPER CABLE STRANDS ARE EXPOSED TO ATMOSPHERE DUE TO PDM CABLE RUBBING PDM MOUNTING BRACKET OR HOOD/FENDER SPLASH SHIELD. NEED P-CLIP AND TIE WRAP INSTALLED TO PREVENT CHAFING. *PE
SB-31-1
THOMAS BUILT: SIX PIECE BOLTED SERVICE CROSSMEMBERS ARE AN IMPROVED, MORE DURABLE SERVICE REPLACEMENT FOR FIVE-PIECE WELDED CROSSMEMBERS, ALLIGATOR CROSSMEMBERS, AND C CHANNEL WELDED CROSSMEMBERS USED WITH STEEL FRAME RAILS. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
SB-41-1
THOMAS BUILT: NEW TIGHTENING PROCEDURE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR HALF ROUND U JOINT BEARING STRAP CAPSCREWS, WHICH SHOULD EXTEND U JOINT LIFE. MODEL YEARS UNKNOWN. *PE
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.