Preventive Maintenance for Bus Fleets in North Carolina

Do you want to lengthen the lifespan of your fleet? Do you want to prevent unexpected breakdowns and keep money in your pocket? Well, if so, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got the perfect preventive maintenance services for you. With over a decade of experience working in the heavy-duty repair industry, you can rest assured knowing you and your buses will receive the high-quality services you deserve. 

Common Preventive Maintenance Services

Lubrication

There are many components in your buses that need to be lubricated at all times. Some of the more significant components include your engine, transmission, and differentials. Less significant components include your bearings and axles. 

In a perfect world, the lubricant used to lubricate your various components would never break down. However, we don’t live in a perfect world. Lubricants break down over time and lose their ability to ease friction and heat. The heat of your components causes this breakdown. Take your engine and transmission as an example. Your engine produces significantly more heat than your transmission, meaning your engine oil breaks down faster than your transmission fluid. 

Cooling

Although lubricants do a great job at lessening heat, they can only do so much. To compensate for this heat, every large bus on the road has a coolant system of some sort. Buses will typically have a radiator and liquid coolant as their primary coolant method, but others may have additional coolers like oil coolers and transmission coolers. 

Just like oil, coolant breaks down over time as well. Instead of losing its ability to lubricate like engine oil, coolant loses its ability to absorb heat. Fortunately, coolant is actually quite durable. Unlike engine oil, you can go over a year without changing your coolant. 

Tire Maintenance

If you want your tires to last as long as possible, you need to perform preventive maintenance on them as well. Instead of replacing your tires as you would with most fluids, you need to rotate them so they’re in the best position to maintain even tread wear. This will ensure they wear down appropriately, saving you money in the long run. 

If you rotate your tires on a regular basis and are still seeing tread wear, we highly recommend you inspect your vehicle’s alignment. If your alignment is even a single degree off, you’ll see it in your tires.