Volvo B10M - Technical Documentation

Chassis Drawings

I was unable to find a chassis drawing for a B10M Mk I Right Hand Drive (RHD) bogie (tag axle) variant, therefore I needed multiple drawings to get a sense of the actual RHD Mark I construction.

• B10M Mk I Lefthand Drive (LHD) Drawing 7-70-29 is the starting point. Obviously for a RHD coach this is an incorrect driver position, steering mechanism and exhaust, plus the drawing lacks the bogie details.
• B10M Mk I Lefthand Drive (LHD) Drawing 7-70-29 Forward. There are two locations for the driver position called 'Normal' and 'Forward'. This is just the front section of the LHD chassis with the dimensions for the Forward seating option.
• B10M Mk II RHD Drawing 7-70-38 is a righthand drive but not MK I so actually is the closest layout at the front with a similar style of bogie axle.
• B10M Mk II LHD Drawing 7-70-39 is a lefthand drive MK II so after comparing to the RHD Mk II it highlights the changes that need to be made to the LHD Mk I to arrive back to a RHD Mk I configuration.
• B10M Mk III Drawing 7-70-55 just provided out of interest as it has a different style of chassis drawing.

Warnings: The chassis drawings linked to these placeholders are relatively large – most in excess of 11 MB. To minimise the impact these large files have on web browsers the high resolution drawings have been placed in ZIP files to force downloading to the harddrive. In addition, the drawings were stitched together from different scans, so there are discontinuities in the drawings.

70-70-29: B10M Mk I with air spring from Chassis No 4864 (Left-Hand Drive). Normal driver control position chassis variant.

70-70-29 Forward: Forward driver control position of B10M Mk I with air spring from Chassis No 4864 (Left-Hand Drive).

70-70-38: B10M Mk II Bogie with engine THD101 (Left-Hand Drive)

70-70-39: B10M Mk II Bogie with engine THD101 (Right-Hand Drive)

70-70-55: B10M Mk III Bogie from Chassis No 20001 (Right-Hand Drive)