# Service bulletin AR860

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10144771
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-09\-17
- Manufacturer's number: AR860
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-08\-02
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

## NHTSA's summary

AR860\-Front Pivot Mount Inspection and Repair. Complaint\-Pivot mount bolts having repeated premature failure. Cause\-Spring pivot bolt movement allowed by elongated mounting hole. Correction\-Inspect/replace bolt. Labor allowance 2 hours per unit. Vehicles affected\-Units that have completed AR831 and built with the front pivot mount bolted to the ARBOC frame without welding. \(Buses between SO\# 2202 and 2736\)

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144771-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144771-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 to 2012 ARBOC SPIRIT OF MOBILITY
- 2013 to 2017 ARBOC SPIRIT OF MOBILITY

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [19V870000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V870000.md), 2019-12-09: STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [AR839](/bulletins/10115843.md), 2017-08-25, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER; STRUCTURE; SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER. AR839\-Upper Shock/Track Bar Mount Replacement. Complaint\-Cracking at upper shock and track bar mounts on chassis frame. Cause\-Concentrated stress loads. Correction\- Drill 1/8" stop holes into frame at the end of the cracks and weld provided retrofit bracket in affected areas.
- [AR831](/bulletins/10110856.md), 2017-08-10, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. Front Pivot Mount Reinforcement\-Complaint\-Pivot Mounts 1306500\-18 \(RS\) and 1306500\-19 \(CS\)= bolts coming loose/shearing causing bracket failure. Cause\-Inferior bracket support leading to bolt shearing and pivot mount movement. Correction\-Add gussets and welding per instruction. Vehicles Affected\-Units built with the front pivot mount bolted to the ARBOC frame without welding \(SOM only between SO\# 2202 and 2736\)

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