A few people have been asking me what's going on with this so I thought I'd update everyone
I was sick to death of this on-going EDC drama so a couple of months ago I started to seriously research a solution. After much searching I found a specialist suspension company who had the ability, but more to the point had the will to help us. These guys have many many years of experience with all manner of road and race suspension, they specialise in rebuilding old Ferrari and Lamborghini shocks amongst other things, and the boss is a good guy which is so important in these situations
Bottom line is that he's willing to help us. He currently has 2 front and 2 rear units in pieces and he's sourcing all of the necessary seals and gas sacs. They have the ability to manufacture their own seals if necessary so he's not anticipating any problems. There's nothing complex in the units and he's quite confident he can turn these around for us. Rebuild units would come totally refurbed, repainted and would be tested on their suspension dyno before being released. This is not just a hydraulics company, this is a bona fide suspension specialist who has all of these facilities in house, blast cabinets, dyno etc etc
The plan is the same as it always was, he'll hold a set of refurbed units in stock, people will buy them from him and pay a deposit which they will get back when they return their own units which will be refurbed for the next person
Target price is £100 per rear leg and £150 per front leg inc. VAT
I should be able to update you again next week. We will need to get him all of the blown units we have as there will be occasions where a solenoid or hardened shaft is too damaged to re-use so he has to salvage parts from another leg. Having said that, they can source the solenoids direct and manufacture their own rods if necessary but it would put the price up dramatically so while there are so many blown units available they might as well be recycled
ok so how do you want this to work as there will obviously be people who will be prepared to take units in to have sorted and wait if no exchange supply but that is not how you want it to work is it? what is the hierarchy on this .:santasmile2:
mike any news on any progress? one of my cars almost ready having had small amount of rot cut out of both floors due to scottish salt (where car spent most of its life) and really lousy jacking crushing sills! timing chain mod also been done. other car has engine in bits for new pistons rings rebore (165000)etcalso about to go back together.both cars in need of tlc for front shocks!!
After losing one of my front EDC dampers to LEDA , I have decided not to send my other one until the original front units being tested by Cyrus are performing as required .
If this company are confident in their rebuild procedures , why not simply ask customers to bring their faulty dampers to them to be rebuilt to order .I appreciate that this will cause a minimal delay but feel that it will be a more orderly / equitable method of business .
Please do not insinuate that waiting for failed units is the sole reason for these rebuilds not yet being available .
I think Mike is a little busy these days so I'm going to use my own iniative on this.
I am give these another shot before I persue with other ideas.
I have spent a great deal of money on fitting labour, fuel and time in testing these.
I will take my car to Sportsline and have the dampers rebuilt in the new method with the brand new rods.
On one of the dampers I have now there are no leaks but the damping is nowhere near enough. The damper only behaves properly in S mode, in P mode it's just causing alot of vibration.
This was never going to be an easy task and is taking a great deal of time and commitment.
The rears I believe have not been a problem, we are just having to deal with the fronts.
Once the new dampers are in again I will need to do another 1000 miles.
I'm very much still on it, I've been working with Jon to get details together but this unexpected problem with Sals has put a halt on things. Jon is mystified what's going on here as the leg isn't leaking but was set up on the dyno before it went out to match the known good settings. Maybe you have an electrical issue to that leg Sal? We'll know more later in the week...
I don't believe its an electrical issue based on what has been described.
The OBC would flag an EDC sensor fault & the control unit would also
store a fault code.
In the event of intermittant failure of solenoid valves or power to them,
The damping would default to number 2 /3 control plane ( stiffest)
across the axle with both pairs of valves de-energised dependant
on the severity of fault ( system or sensor)
EDC 3 operates variable rebound / jounce rates equally across the axle.
Damper rates vary from front to rear, not left ro right.
The dampers reaction to the EDC switch indicates hydraulic issue rather
than fault of the electro-mechanical kind.
Edit :
I have pulled a couple of EDC dampers off a car yesterday.
One is just beyond any redemption.
The offside front may be of use.
I will pass to Sal soon.
Edit :
I have pulled a couple of EDC dampers off a car yesterday.
One is just beyond any redemption.
The offside front may be of use.
I will pass to Sal soon.
was it the Eddie Stobart car ? Bit of bodywork is nothing and it's had a engine rebuild at the hands of Bexley Motorworks so you'd expect the engine to be strong !
Is there any news on the rebuilt EDC shock absorbers?
Best regards,
Micha
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