# Service bulletin AR861

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: 10144772
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-09\-17
- Manufacturer's number: AR861
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-08\-02
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

AR861\-Upper Shock/Track Bar Mount Inspection and Repair. Complaint\-Upper plates previously installed in AR839 are cracking and pulling away from frame. Cause\-Insuffiecient/bad welds not holding under loads. Correction\-Inspect/correct welds including drilling 1/8" stop holes into frame at the end of cracks and weld per procedure. Vehicles Affected\-All Spirit of Mobility \(SOM\) units with Reyco Granning rear suspension where AR839 has already been completed.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144772-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144772-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 to 2012 ARBOC SPIRIT OF MOBILITY
- 2013 to 2017 ARBOC SPIRIT OF MOBILITY
- 2018 ARBOC SPECIALTY VEHICLES SPIRIT OF MOBILITY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [AR844](/bulletins/10118551.md), 2017-10-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. AR844\-Lower Shock Bracket Replacement\-Complaint\-Restricted shock compression with new upper shock mount location \(AR839\). Cause\-New location of upper shock bracket completed in AR839 \(if completed previously\). Correction\-Remove both existing lower shock brackets and replace. Affects all SOM units with Reyco Granning rear suspension.
- [AR842](/bulletins/10115846.md), 2017-08-25, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT; SUSPENSION; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. Complaint: Desiccant Dryer Filters failing within months of installation which potentially leads to failure of pressure transducer and Thomas Compressor. Cause\-Tanks need to be drained daily instead of previous instruction of every oil change. Correction\- Add 1200651 \(pull\-cord drain valve\), 1401863 \(drain tank label\), and repalce 2002838 \(desiccant filter\). Affects units with Valid Air Suspension with Thomas Compressor without pull\-cord drain valves. This WO is the same document as AR840 but this customer needs their own document. There are no differences.
- [AR840](/bulletins/10115844.md), 2017-08-25, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. Complaint: Desiccant Dryer Filters failing within months of installation which potentially leads to failure of pressure transducer and Thomas Compressor. Cause\-Tanks need to be drained daily instead of previous instruction of every oil change. Correction\- Add 1200651 \(pull\-cord drain valve\), 1401863 \(drain tank label\), and repalce 2002838 \(desiccant filter\). Affects units with Valid Air Suspension with Thomas Compressor without pull\-cord drain valves.
- [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.

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