1980's Canadian GM New Look Wheel Mouldings

Dwayne Johnston · July 17, 2017, 05:56:12 PM

Hi
As the title states, I am in need of some new wheel mouldings. Does any know a good source?
They look like this the attached picture

Thanks in advance
Dwayne

chessie4905 · July 19, 2017, 03:02:41 AM

Check with Luke, they may be same as 4905. Also there is a site selling transit bus parts. Google for them.

Dwayne Johnston · July 19, 2017, 07:38:54 AM

Hi thanks for the info, I think I might have found the site

http://bus-service--inc.mybigcommerce.com/

Who is Luke?

Here is a link to a parts picture I got from MCI years ago.
Sorry I can't upload it due to the very small 196 KB limit.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6CXVFbDo-2TOHExbnNtQVkxTUE/view?usp=sharing

It looks similar, but does anybody know the whether the actual dimensions are the same from the highway coaches to the transit busses?

Dwayne Johnston · August 13, 2017, 09:43:54 AM

Anybody?

buswarrior · August 14, 2017, 03:59:29 PM

The picture sure looks the same as the ones on the hundreds of 5307's I was familair with.

Call MCI parts, call Prevost parts, call Nova parts, ask around. Someone was selling 'em only a few short years ago, there's got to be some on a shelf, brand new...

Everyone carries everyone else's stuff, whatever it takes to make a buck, names don't mean much anymore, on many items.

happy coaching!
buswarrior

Runcutter · August 14, 2017, 05:57:50 PM

I was at a transit conference last week, and Midwest Bus Rebuilders (Owosso MI) came up in conversation about transit bus rehabs. I know an old client had some fishbowls rehabbed there many years ago. Might be worth a contact?

My memory is kind of dim, but looking at the picture -- is that a fishbowl or a "Classic"? Even if it is, the parts may be the same. Might want to clarify whether it's the anodized aluminum molding or the rubber skirt you need.

Arthur

Geoff · August 14, 2017, 06:17:19 PM

Your current wheel moldings are not bad-- they are not broken. All you need to do is take the outer flaring off and re-position the rubber and put new positioning bolts and put the flares back on.

--Geoff

j.m.jackson · August 14, 2017, 09:42:33 PM

The attached picture in the OP looks like they are broken at the top. Mine are the same way. Considering making some brackets with bolts and fender washers to hold them together if they are NLA. I like the look of my bus with the rubber trim a lot better that the ones that I have seen without them. Geoff, is there something I can do to move them up or around to get rid of the.broken part as you suggested above? I'll taken pictures this morning to confirm and attached them to this message.

Oonrahnjay · August 15, 2017, 09:15:41 AM

Quote from: j.m.jackson on August 14, 2017, 09:42:33 PM... Considering making some brackets with bolts and fender washers to hold them together if they are NLA. ...

Hey, J. M., just a WAIIG, but would the adhesive stuff that they sell for patching black "rubber" car bumpers hold the crack together and let you smooth it out for a nice look???

mike514 · August 15, 2017, 11:19:22 AM

Hi Dwayne,if you still looking for these I travel to Gatineau Qc,and Ottawa regularly and have them mykeasselin@gmail.com

j.m.jackson · August 15, 2017, 11:27:48 AM

I'm not sure how they attach. I'll know this evening, tho. I suspect that they are pinched between the body and the outer trim.

Pacer Performance may have something useful. I'll have to look tonight at attachment options on the bus.

j.m.jackson · August 15, 2017, 11:45:37 AM

I just need to address front ones, the rears are covered by fenderskirts.

Dwayne Johnston · August 21, 2017, 07:58:04 PM

Hi Guys
Thanks for all the input, real life got in my way and I didn't get a chance to log in for a while. Of course I was wondering why I didn't get any email notifications and realized that the contact email I had in my profile was for one I wasn't using anymore.
Anyway here is a picture of stuff that a buddy who works at a municipal bus garage says they use. I have not tried it as my rubbers are 3/4 torn and I am completely missing one.
Mike I will reach out to you.

Once again sorry for the delayed response.

dtcerrato · August 21, 2017, 11:27:53 PM

Never really cared for the "look" of bus wheel moldings until we did the FL to AK road trip last year - couldn't keep the bus clean longer than a couple hours on the roads up there! Never seen wheel moldings on a GM PD4104 and was wondering if they could be retrofitted to have them. It would be very advantageous to have some more protection from the elements being flung all over the side of the bus & the toad. Got plenty mud flaps but no outward (sideways) protection. Those fender skirts are interesting...

windtrader · August 22, 2017, 12:59:34 PM

Quote from: j.m.jackson on August 15, 2017, 11:27:48 AM
I'm not sure how they attach. I'll know this evening, tho. I suspect that they are pinched between the body and the outer trim.

Pacer Performance may have something useful. I'll have to look tonight at attachment options on the bus.

did you get more info on the Pacer products? They have a sample kit but was wondering best way to get more details and where to order.