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new ones. Ninety percent of these
replacement unit purchases were
spread equally among bus dealers, heavy-duty distributors and
manufacturer direct suppliers.
Among front and rear springs,
spring hangers and shock absorbers, three-quarters of all repairs
were performed in fleet shops and
nearly all air bag replacements
were completed in-house.
Power transmission and
electrical components equaled
eight percent of total transit
and motorcoach retail demand
during 2018. The lion's share of
power transmission component
replacements is associated with
complete automatic transmissions, but automated manual
transmission demand is beginning to emerge as those units
reach replacement mileage.
Replacement batteries totaled
half of all electrical component

Transit bus and motorcoach
operator survey responses in 2018
revealed that three quarters of
replacement parts and components
installed were purchased new and
another 15 percent to 18 percent
were remanufactured purchases.
demand value in 2018. Starters
and alternators contributed a
third of electrical component
sales and lights another fifth of
the total. While 60 percent of all
batteries, alternators and starters were retailed by heavy-duty
distributors and directly from
manufacturers, about 65 percent of headlights and signal

lights were purchased by end
users from heavy-duty distributors, bus dealers and auto parts
stores in 2018.
MacKay & Company has an
abundance of data points on the
transit and motorcoach replacement parts market, and believe
it or not, there is even more to
know.

Molly MacKay Zacker
is vice president
of operations
of MacKay &
Company. In this
capacity, she
coordinates many
behind the scenes
activities, manages
the research
department, authors
and edits reports
and presentations,
conducts research
and collaborates
with other team
members on single
and multi-client
projects.

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