General Rear suspension 1994 Ducato

[Dear Ducato]

Hi Everyone. I believe that I had registered before but lost all my details when I changed computers and email address! I have a 1994 Ducato 2,5 tdi with 564 Hymer motorhome body, that I have owned for 7 years.I went to France in 2023 and en route to the Dordogne, I hit a speed bump in a small village, that lifted the vehicle up in the air. Once on site, I looked underneath and thought that the passenger side coil spring wasn't there! Now I cannot recall ever seeing one on that side however many times I have been underneath the vehicle, only a rubber bump stop. I did find on the internet, a picture of a chassis cab showing a coil spring behind the diver and a 'bump' stop on the passenger side. This year I had an advisory that I need another coil spring on that side or go air! I tried to find the photo of the chassis and a parts zip file that showed all the of the suspension at the rear. All I want is to find those pictures again! I used the ePR and printed off all the relevant pages, but they all list two coils although only showing one.It is strange that after all these years, it was only mentioned on this MOT! Apart from the obvious, has anyone got decent sketches, photos thaty I can look at. Thank you.

 

[bugsymike]

Hi Everyone. I believe that I had registered before but lost all my details when I changed computers and email address! I have a 1994 Ducato 2,5 tdi with 564 Hymer motorhome body, that I have owned for 7 years.I went to France in 2023 and en route to the Dordogne, I hit a speed bump in a small village, that lifted the vehicle up in the air. Once on site, I looked underneath and thought that the passenger side coil spring wasn't there! Now I cannot recall ever seeing one on that side however many times I have been underneath the vehicle, only a rubber bump stop. I did find on the internet, a picture of a chassis cab showing a coil spring behind the diver and a 'bump' stop on the passenger side. This year I had an advisory that I need another coil spring on that side or go air! I tried to find the photo of the chassis and a parts zip file that showed all the of the suspension at the rear. All I want is to find those pictures again! I used the ePR and printed off all the relevant pages, but they all list two coils although only showing one.It is strange that after all these years, it was only mentioned on this MOT! Apart from the obvious, has anyone got decent sketches, photos thaty I can look at. Thank you.

Just a thought, is it actually a Ducato suspension on the rear as many MHs use a version with a different rear chassis and suspension that trailer companies are more familiar with?

 

[NeilDD]

Just a thought, is it actually a Ducato suspension on the rear as many MHs use a version with a different rear chassis and suspension that trailer companies are more familiar with?

Al-ko IIRC

 

[bugsymike]

Al-ko IIRC

That was the name I was trying to remember.
I was out our local stockists (Western Towing Attachments) for some trailer bearings six months ago, but couldn't remember the name due to old age.