Imagine expecting a bus window to stay shit with a lil duct tape. Bro said it's temporary he's going to fix it later. Why do people talk on stuff they don't know about.
I'm the guy in the shop that would replace those latches, I've done it many times. We don't keep them in stock so we order them as needed. The "fix" he describes is temporary until the latches come in.
@@cobywilson5400 Not sure Coby, but I've been doing it now for almost 4 years. I was a driver for a year, then was taught to do seat repairs in the shop to get more hours. They then asked me if I'd like to be in the shop full time. It pays better, more hours and 12 months/year instead of 10. Plus I still get to drive (at mechanic's wages) whenever they need someone to sub a route. It works for me!
I do track and cross country and after we get done with a meet and we are headed back it's not as bad as you would think you know why because we use things that make us smell better as a curtisy
For anyone still dealing with this as a student, what works about 80% of the time is rolling it all the way down and then slamming it up as hard as fast as possible.
Back in elementary school, there was a nice sunny day towards the end of the school year. We had all the windows down. Suddenly, it started pouring, the wind picked up, and before we knew it, the tornado sirens were blaring. Trying to get windows like these to stay up so we didn't get soaked while the bus driver was doing her best to make sure we didn't flip over, was extremely terrifying. To add to that, that day I was supposed to get off at a stop past my house and walk all the way down the street to my neighbor's since my parents were gone. Trying to do that in a tornado as a 9 year old was not the most fun of times.
We had a window doing this back when I was in middle school my buddy slammed it up as hard as he could and the latches came unstuck and worked properly from that day on
I think I fixed one just by shutting the window and pushing the little metal things in the opposite direction than you would to open. It still wasn't the best but it stopped falling down. A better idea would be put some wd-40 or some type of lubricant on it trying to reach behind the metal sliders.
Watching to someone do something they are actively passionate or at least involved in is extremely interesting and engaging for me to watch or listen to, even if I have no outside interest in the subject whatsoever and I am not sure why.
Good times, i miss the middle school busses cause they had a heater and AC so never had to touch the windows. Wasn't til i went to high school that the district had a 3rd party school bus company contracted and those busses were falling apart with barely working heaters and no AC. Those windows going down were a priority living in toasty AZ in the summer and keeping them up in the winter for the weak heater we did have, otherwise we had to hope heat from the engine would make it inside
I can't imagine having a bus with heat or ac. The busses I had we dangerously cold in the winter and dangerously hot in the spring and summer. I have a heart condition that's made worse by the heat and the cold and I would literally pass out on some bus rides because it would get too hot or too cold for me. 🙃
Can you push the window up all the way and at the same time push the slide bars out so they make purchase of the notches? That would usually work for me as long as no one opens it. Then I would have to re-snug it.
That's great because it's still cracked a little and you're on a sports trip and will definitely want to air out a bit after the sport. Does not matter if the kids are playing or watching the anxiety sweat is powerful on kids!!!
The fact that our bus drivers have to fix this instead of the county being able to fix this is really a problem we need to focus on. We want to stop school shootings but we can't even fix bus windows?!? Come on people!😮😮😮
I doubt this is a bus driver. He is the mechanic . Union dosent allow drivers to "fix" Once the kids get in the bus they will fix it. They will remove the tape and stick. They will take the tape roll it in a ball throw it around the bus take the stick an smack everyone hands with it. Plus now they will complain the window is open and won't close. They will deny it had the crappy repair on it.
its still going to have cold air coming through, that doesnt fix the problem that just makes it not as bad. tape the window and then tape the sticks to the side to make it hard to pull down if anyone trys... boom instant improvement
The things my former bus driver did was put sticks from home depot on the opposite side when driving, This would utilize the weight of the window. It never fell during rides and was super stable during inclement weather. You can use any size of stick if you want the window closed, semi-closed, or just a bit closed.
I love how the way he says “Lowe’s” makes it sound like it won’t work with any other type of paint stir. Home Depot? Trash. Ace Hardware? Yuck! Benjamin Moore? Good fucking luck!
In our school busses you can’t put the windows lower than like 3 or 4 inches because they have a thing they screw in that limits them, and they’re also super hard to unlatch to open the window (unlatch as in the tabs on the sides you push to put the window down)
You could always get 5M hooks and turn em facing away each other, one on the window the other on the interior framing with the speakers in it then tie a decent tight yarn onto the hooks and it's solved for like 5 bucks. The tape and paint dip stick is gonna hold for about a week due to the condensation forming under the tape.
I've sat in the seat on a rainy spring day when it was 40 degrees and the window looked fine but was actually broken. Spent the next hour getting sprayed with freezing water and cold air. Lovely bus experience.
They don’t stay up because technically you’re supposed to squeeze the latches to close them. Over time sliding on the rail eats the nylon of the latches and they won’t dig into the grooves to stay in the up position.
They're always worn out, and school systems in some neighborhoods don't care enough to fix them as a non-scheduled maintenance. The busses go in on a scheduled maintenance cycle. If they run and carry kids they are good to go apparently. Every city and public school system isn't the same nor do they care about kids being chilly on a bus ride. In my home city the bus always had several broken windows that slipped down like this. They were fixed once a year.
As a kid I remember the window stuck down for 5 days in the middle of winter. We complained daily and she never fixed it. So two of my buddies decided to fix it by laying on there backs and forcing it up with their legs. Well this shattered the window. She told the school we busted the window in a fight. Come to find out she never once said a word about a broken window to anyone and denied that any of us ever told her. The school came after my two buddies to pay for a new window despite over 20 kids telling the same story.
Love this! I have a stir stick wedged under the window on the outside of my bus courtesy of the shop. Wish I could attach a photo. Kids can’t mess with it if it’s outside. No more “ghost window.”
Probably just need to slam it up, force it level, and push the latches out. If that doesn't work, you open it unevenly until it jams one side up one side 1/2 an inch down. This is assuming the mechanics won't fix it for you; takes about five minutes.
Or just tape the top so it's not open at all and you won't need a paint stick.
You might be a dumbass
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yeah the paint stick is for support bro he knows what hes talking bout
Imagine expecting a bus window to stay shit with a lil duct tape. Bro said it's temporary he's going to fix it later. Why do people talk on stuff they don't know about.
@@RustBeltRailfan you used crappy tape what do you expect to happen
Ask the shop to replace the latches. That is what happens when they get worn out.
I'm the guy in the shop that would replace those latches, I've done it many times. We don't keep them in stock so we order them as needed. The "fix" he describes is temporary until the latches come in.
I have done it also, but drivers would not be allowed to do that kind of stuff.
Guys in our shop would just tell us to drive it, they didn't fix stuff like that.
@@philmcgrath7000why don’t I believe your the shop guy
@@cobywilson5400 Not sure Coby, but I've been doing it now for almost 4 years. I was a driver for a year, then was taught to do seat repairs in the shop to get more hours. They then asked me if I'd like to be in the shop full time. It pays better, more hours and 12 months/year instead of 10. Plus I still get to drive (at mechanic's wages) whenever they need someone to sub a route. It works for me!
Probably a good thing to have that airflow for a sport event
😂
Especially hockey 💀
@@Conservative_crusader 🤣
@TopSpeed literally worse than football 💀💀
I do track and cross country and after we get done with a meet and we are headed back it's not as bad as you would think you know why because we use things that make us smell better as a curtisy
There was always that one kid who had the magic touch to open these with ease.
It was not hard to open the windows until some idiot tried to brute force it
I was that kid
I was summoned
@@void495 whomst hath summoned the ancient one.
I am that kid, my parents are bus drivers lol
For anyone still dealing with this as a student, what works about 80% of the time is rolling it all the way down and then slamming it up as hard as fast as possible.
You know when you got a nice bus when it has seatbelts, every bus in my school has seatbelts except for mine
New Jersey law
None of my school busses have seatbelts.. 💀
growing up, none of my school busses had seatbelts.... im pretty sure they still dont.
@@Chip-Chapley I’m in high school and nope they still don’t.
Seat belts are for those who don't believe in Jesus taking the wheel
Back in elementary school, there was a nice sunny day towards the end of the school year. We had all the windows down. Suddenly, it started pouring, the wind picked up, and before we knew it, the tornado sirens were blaring. Trying to get windows like these to stay up so we didn't get soaked while the bus driver was doing her best to make sure we didn't flip over, was extremely terrifying. To add to that, that day I was supposed to get off at a stop past my house and walk all the way down the street to my neighbor's since my parents were gone. Trying to do that in a tornado as a 9 year old was not the most fun of times.
He did all that work but it’s still open from the top 😂😂😂
He said he was driving a sports team.....you really want some ventilation in that situation lol
gotta have a little air flow
I have this problem a lot (as a bus rider) and I found that the latches don’t latch all the way sometimes. So I just push them in. Hope this help!
We had a window doing this back when I was in middle school my buddy slammed it up as hard as he could and the latches came unstuck and worked properly from that day on
That's one way to fix it 😂
Nice 👏😂
I think I fixed one just by shutting the window and pushing the little metal things in the opposite direction than you would to open. It still wasn't the best but it stopped falling down. A better idea would be put some wd-40 or some type of lubricant on it trying to reach behind the metal sliders.
i use to do it all the time
Is your name Arthur?
Most generous bus driver ever
fr. love a bus driver who cares. utmost respect to those guys.
Watching to someone do something they are actively passionate or at least involved in is extremely interesting and engaging for me to watch or listen to, even if I have no outside interest in the subject whatsoever and I am not sure why.
“Stay stay” 💀 bros acting like the windows a damn dog 😭
Look up! Your going to miss the joke flying over your head!
💀bros acting like they better than everyone else for not having a sense of humor 😭
Bro you never tell inanimate objects to stay when they don't like to? Damn, you gotta be an alien or somethin'.
🤓
Bros acting like he’s got a clue 😭
Back in the 90's we used the gum that we were chewing on before we got school campus😂😂
"It's cold" proceeds to leave a 8in gap
Frrrr
Damn exaggerate that gap like you do your dick lmao that like 1 inch max barley any winds gonna come through that
I mean tape the top part off
It’s better than fully open 😮😮😮😮
You must be a women because that's not even close to 8 inches 😂
The state of the school bus system... These children deserve better.
Good times, i miss the middle school busses cause they had a heater and AC so never had to touch the windows. Wasn't til i went to high school that the district had a 3rd party school bus company contracted and those busses were falling apart with barely working heaters and no AC. Those windows going down were a priority living in toasty AZ in the summer and keeping them up in the winter for the weak heater we did have, otherwise we had to hope heat from the engine would make it inside
I can't imagine having a bus with heat or ac. The busses I had we dangerously cold in the winter and dangerously hot in the spring and summer. I have a heart condition that's made worse by the heat and the cold and I would literally pass out on some bus rides because it would get too hot or too cold for me. 🙃
Oh man AZ buses are a whole mixed bag. It was a very rare day indeed when we got an AC bus.
And its still cracked for the smokers
Can you push the window up all the way and at the same time push the slide bars out so they make purchase of the notches?
That would usually work for me as long as no one opens it. Then I would have to re-snug it.
It work now the kids won’t be able to cry for help 😊
On my bus we just stuck a pencil in it to keep it from opening 😂😂
We used to do that on the first bus I rode…hcisd tx bus 112
When you look in the rear view and kids hitting each other with the paint stick.😂
Not just the teachers having to fix broken school equipment on their own dime in American school districts
They give those away for free. It's to mix paint cans.
@@joshuaw4258And the Gorilla Tape?
Not you not knowing how the American school district works🤣🤡 they are able to get the busses repaired on the schools dime
That's great because it's still cracked a little and you're on a sports trip and will definitely want to air out a bit after the sport. Does not matter if the kids are playing or watching the anxiety sweat is powerful on kids!!!
Man some of these windows needed a quick wd40 spray :P
I've just received so many flashbacks of not being able to close the horrible windows and being yelled at for not putting the window up.
Me and my friends would just pull tape off the holes on the seats to tape them closed lol.
Regulations around here, you can't have the window be allowed to open more than 4 inches. They install stops on each side of each window.
Actually a nice demonstration of a column buckling and benefits of bracing
And here you are finally popping back up on TH-cam
isn't that the same window that one kid jumped out of, and the people tossed him his bag? 😂
"The Soviet method is more economical"
Can i just say id have LOVED to have you be my bus driver when i was a kid? Respect my guy
Especially with how you actually take pride in doing your job well and making the experience as positive as you can. We need more people like you
You're such a blessing. Thank you
The fact that our bus drivers have to fix this instead of the county being able to fix this is really a problem we need to focus on. We want to stop school shootings but we can't even fix bus windows?!? Come on people!😮😮😮
Bro just showed me my problems I didn’t know I had😂
You know what they say.
"Ain't nothing more permanent than a temporary solution."
Steve I feel like your channel is still shadow banned cuz I dont get notifications for any of your videos.
You are so nice, my bus drivers never cared, we sat on a bus with no ac on a hot day with windows that can't be opened
This guy's grade A, you know how many bus drivers could care less
I doubt this is a bus driver. He is the mechanic . Union dosent allow drivers to "fix"
Once the kids get in the bus they will fix it. They will remove the tape and stick. They will take the tape roll it in a ball throw it around the bus take the stick an smack everyone hands with it. Plus now they will complain the window is open and won't close. They will deny it had the crappy repair on it.
@Joseph Maxwell Spoken like a true pessimistic
I thought he was actually gonna fix it 🤣
Okay that window is a whole sound effect though! 😂🤯
That's cool. I imagine it's a temporary fix until the shop fix it all the way.
its still going to have cold air coming through, that doesnt fix the problem that just makes it not as bad. tape the window and then tape the sticks to the side to make it hard to pull down if anyone trys... boom instant improvement
The things my former bus driver did was put sticks from home depot on the opposite side when driving, This would utilize the weight of the window. It never fell during rides and was super stable during inclement weather. You can use any size of stick if you want the window closed, semi-closed, or just a bit closed.
I love how the way he says “Lowe’s” makes it sound like it won’t work with any other type of paint stir. Home Depot? Trash. Ace Hardware? Yuck! Benjamin Moore? Good fucking luck!
The fact you pulled it up with one hand told me there was a problem. Lol
Certified underfunded school classic
looks like one of them “landlord specials” 😂
Sick fix
"This window ain't going nowhere"
Mfw window is on a moving vehicle
Man we used to go to the back of the bus, rain, sleet whatever, and drop them windows. We wasn’t wrapped tight as kids😂
In our school busses you can’t put the windows lower than like 3 or 4 inches because they have a thing they screw in that limits them, and they’re also super hard to unlatch to open the window (unlatch as in the tabs on the sides you push to put the window down)
You could always get 5M hooks and turn em facing away each other, one on the window the other on the interior framing with the speakers in it then tie a decent tight yarn onto the hooks and it's solved for like 5 bucks. The tape and paint dip stick is gonna hold for about a week due to the condensation forming under the tape.
The worst thing I have ever done is break a school bus window… with someone’s head 😅 he started it though💀
You overcomplicated this so beautifully.
I've sat in the seat on a rainy spring day when it was 40 degrees and the window looked fine but was actually broken. Spent the next hour getting sprayed with freezing water and cold air. Lovely bus experience.
“Mounted and secure…. Not broken or cracked” 😂😂😂😂
Fixing something is making something work the way it is supposed to.
Perfectly cracked for the smokers on the bus. 😂
They don’t stay up because technically you’re supposed to squeeze the latches to close them. Over time sliding on the rail eats the nylon of the latches and they won’t dig into the grooves to stay in the up position.
You could also try to put outward pressure on the latches to try to get them to lock the window for you 🎉
Ohh wooaaaaahhhhh you taped it shut holy shit a true feat of engineering
They're always worn out, and school systems in some neighborhoods don't care enough to fix them as a non-scheduled maintenance. The busses go in on a scheduled maintenance cycle. If they run and carry kids they are good to go apparently. Every city and public school system isn't the same nor do they care about kids being chilly on a bus ride. In my home city the bus always had several broken windows that slipped down like this. They were fixed once a year.
That's wild, I went all my life without knowing what the word fix means.
As a kid I remember the window stuck down for 5 days in the middle of winter. We complained daily and she never fixed it. So two of my buddies decided to fix it by laying on there backs and forcing it up with their legs. Well this shattered the window. She told the school we busted the window in a fight. Come to find out she never once said a word about a broken window to anyone and denied that any of us ever told her. The school came after my two buddies to pay for a new window despite over 20 kids telling the same story.
That ain’t no temporary fix that Shii stays temporarily fixed for ever
Nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
Love this! I have a stir stick wedged under the window on the outside of my bus courtesy of the shop. Wish I could attach a photo. Kids can’t mess with it if it’s outside. No more “ghost window.”
I've honestly never seen those bus windows open more than 2 inches. Even in hot summer days, the windows on busses I went on would only go so far.
Bro said "Stay! Stay!" Like it was a dog
You know he’s fixing it when he got the flex tape
I like how the windows are still opened, and the kids are still going to be annoyed.
i would check the locks on it. either needs new springs or clear the gunk.
Ah I remember those day back in elementary all the way to highschool during the winter, windows like that is ANNOYING
Bravo, you are like a modern Mr. Bean.Finding oddish, but effective ways to solve inconveniences. If that makes any sense.
Those windows are fun
Got some annoying girls sprayed with water from melting snow lmao
Hated when the windows never closed during winter season school days
Nice of you to care for the cold and the kids and making a temporary fix till work shop gets to it
We kids actually fixed it with notebook paper folded to make a wedge...
I do this on the daily! I love being a school bus mechanic ! 🚌 🔧
I ride the school bus everyday that's not a problem that's a blessing
Him:tape rulers
Me:caveman bang window hope stay up
Its good to have the window slightly cracked open for sporting events (athletes foot)
With the way kids are today. That window is definitely not a problem.
Damn the nostalgia of nearly ripping off my fingernails trying to lower the window that has sticky latches😂
You could put it up and then add a shim to where it can't drop but this works too
Oh, man! We just put screws in the channel on the outside.
Good job keeping your kids warm😊
I have fixed that problem with a pencil and a clerical clip. Works great, no need for tape
when you have time but no work left:
My windows at school were always very slightly open, never going to be opened, hard to pull open, or fully open and can’t be pulled back up
You can open the window?!? Fix that shit now. Can’t have students breathing on your watch 😂
Probably just need to slam it up, force it level, and push the latches out. If that doesn't work, you open it unevenly until it jams one side up one side 1/2 an inch down. This is assuming the mechanics won't fix it for you; takes about five minutes.
The reason it doesnt stay up on the latches. Is because of what you just did. Dragging it up to close to open and close you are to use the latches
Nothing more permanent than a temporary fix😂
Yall stop coming for him, it's temporary, and it's better than the whole thing being down💀
Bro, my school don’t have seatbelts in the buses
It's still open my guy.
I used a suction cup (the ones with the handle to pull suction) and place it on the window where it slides past the frame. No residue and held great.
Now the kid sitting by that window can blow his vape smoke out the window 😂
Lol me and my fellow students uses paper triangles and stuff into the window frames. It fixes the problem