Extra soft suspension ?
Extra soft suspension ?
I wonder what's the part number ?
David
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I actually played with the idea of buying a 380SE a few years ago and it had rear spheres but from memory, they had little to do with ride apparently but were there to keep it riding level when the boot and back seat was loaded.
When I went to take it for the test drive, I started it and was told to "wait until the suspension pumps up" and as I was driving a Cit I assumed he was taking the 'iss, but I then noticed the car rose slightly.
Thr RR club out here also had a combined meeting with the NSW CCC and the main topic was hydraulics and a way of exchanging information and specs and the cost of spheres and other parts was discussed. Regassing was also discussed as they were being shafted pretty well with some of their costs.
I don't know if that went much further than one meeting though.
Roller buyers, new don't usually worry too much about prices, but when they age a bit (the Roller not the buyer) it's the enthusiasts who have to face up to the nightmare prices.
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When I went to take it for the test drive, I started it and was told to "wait until the suspension pumps up" and as I was driving a Cit I assumed he was taking the 'iss, but I then noticed the car rose slightly.
Thr RR club out here also had a combined meeting with the NSW CCC and the main topic was hydraulics and a way of exchanging information and specs and the cost of spheres and other parts was discussed. Regassing was also discussed as they were being shafted pretty well with some of their costs.
I don't know if that went much further than one meeting though.
Roller buyers, new don't usually worry too much about prices, but when they age a bit (the Roller not the buyer) it's the enthusiasts who have to face up to the nightmare prices.
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AS I understand it few repairers of Roll Royce understand the self levelling part of the rear suspension and simply abandon it when it fails - which probably accounts for the rather tail heavy look of Shadows - which I'm sure they didn't have when new.
Longshot here - RR pump operates off the engine somewhere by a pushrod or something - is it a GS pump?
Longshot here - RR pump operates off the engine somewhere by a pushrod or something - is it a GS pump?
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They do and they don't. While the car still has normal springs, the damping is done with the fluid that goes to the spheres (same as a citroen) and as the spheres age, the suspension does get harder and harder. My Landlord's Merc 200 estate had gone ultra hard and bouncey at the back.... you guessed it, flat spheres (which when removed had about half a litre of oil in each of them and bugger all nitrogen.)AlanS wrote:I actually played with the idea of buying a 380SE a few years ago and it had rear spheres but from memory, they had little to do with ride apparently but were there to keep it riding level when the boot and back seat was loaded.
He'd been quoted over a grand from MB to sort it!
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