Hi there,

was working on my bosses 110 the otherday again, taking the rear axle off and found there is a big weird damper kinda thing attached to the chassis and the A-frame ball joint... is this SLS?

or i should really ask, will it need to go in the bin as i am lifting it 2inch..

ta!

I cant remember what its called but the 110 and some early range rovers had it, once loaded the rear would sag down, then once moving the motion of the vehicle would pump the extra shock/widget up again.


Lynall

it doesnt seem to be connected to anything else tho.. sounds about right what you are saying though..

i have the shocks off so the diff was resting on blocks of wood.. and now it has mysteriously lifted its self up off the blocks!!? something to do with this thing maybe??


do i need to rip it off to lift it then?

think it is the self leveling suspension.. better remove it anyway! are they worth anything?

SLS on the P38 is the airbags, coz we currently have the warning light flashing on the dash

Depends alot of Trialers leave them on and claim it helps articulate swings n roundabouts

If it's working then it might be worth a bit, they're >£400 new. The one on my 110 packed up and simply changed over the soft county springs to standard hard-top ones.

Made a world of difference since the old ones were shagged, although not tried driving it without the gun cabinet in the boot - might be a bit more lively then. IIRC you can get the same effect by fitting Td5 110 CSW progressive springs which do the same thing but less likely to fail.

The reason it's there is that to improve the comfort for passengers in the back LR fitted softer springs to the CSWs (not sure about SWs). But this compromised loading capability and therefore the SLS was introduced so that if you loaded up the back then it would jack up the back of the vehicle so that you still had the shocks providing some suspensions (yes that is correct the shock absorbers - aka the springs).

Hmmm.. How is the ride of a csw? Reason I ask, I have a hard top and barely ever carry weight, so find the back very hard.!

Is there a way to test if this thing is working?

Karlos28 said:

Hmmm.. How is the ride of a csw? Reason I ask, I have a hard top and barely ever carry weight, so find the back very hard.!

Is there a way to test if this thing is working?

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Ride's pretty good but I can only compare it to a Td5 90 and an 88" hard-top we had / have. In my opinion going to a 110" wheelbase made it instantly more comfortable since it's more stable on the road and off-road because of the added length. And I've yet to fail to go where an 88" / 90" / 100" has gone (and I've never taken the anti-roll bar off yet).

I would have thought that if you have a hard-top (unless it's been converted from a CSW) then you won't have self-levelling suspension as it was only fitted to the 200/300Tdi CSWs (I think). As a consequence they LR fitted softer springs to the rear end and added the self-leveller to improve the ride for people in the back.

If you do have one and want to check if it's working get four (depending on the following condition) of your most generously proportioned friends to sit in the back and measure the gap between the wheel-arch and the top of the tyre. Go for a short bumpy drive and re-measure. If it's working then the suspension will have jacked itself back up to "normal" height even with the load. If it's not then it'll still be sitting down at the bottom.

Mine wasn't working and replaced it with hard-top springs as I'm usually carrying at least a hundred kilos in the back and then removed the unit. It made quite a difference as before if I drove over a speed-bump reasonably quickly then the back tub would hit the bump-stops. Replacing it and taking 9 people plus trailer from London to the West Midlands for a shooting trip and the back never bottomed out never mind how fast I went over the speed bumps, before they'd all have sore bottoms.

In terms of ride - I've never ridden in the very back of the 110 since I'm usually the one driving it but I was surprised to find on the way back that they were fighting over who was going to go in the very back. Apparently fitting the pull-out gun cabinet in the back made it more comfortable. The back floor was now flat with the seat-base and they could then stretch their legs out to the other side more comfortably and fall asleep. The people in the second row had less leg-room.

Ahh well it is another landy with the SLS, but mine is a hard top and has very hard springs! Might try the rear ones off that csw on my hard top, seeing as he is lifting it anyway!

Well, there is an untested SLS unit for sale now if anyone is interested!! Won't be able to test as the axle isnt on! Although as mentioned before, the axle has mysteriously lifted up off the blocks, so something must be acting against the springs!