Coromal Suspension Q's

Submitted: Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 08:57

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seqfisho

Hi All,

Been looking at soft options lately and came across the Coromal "Family Series" windup jayco style camper and I must say first impressions are good, for quality, features and price.

The salesman gave us the spiel that they are built on the same chassis and suspension setup as the Pioneer Silhouette with the larger sized chassis and independant suspension underneath. From my investigation underneath of both models side by side this appears correct.

Now after a quick look underneath it appears Coromal run their own unique independant suspension arrangement, the same on the campers and vans in both single and dual axle units, I thought originally that it was the simplicity setup which seems to be very popular but am now under the belief that it is different.

Does anyone have any experience with the Coromal setup, like how it handles outback roads and corrugations etc, does it have any adjustability for the wheel alignment. Also how does the unit wear given that it seems to have a slipper type arrangement not shackles at the spring ends.

Cheers Glen

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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:19

Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:19

We had a van with Simplicity and now have a tandem Coromal Princeton.

The suspensions are completely different.

The simplicity has upside down leaves and are load sharing in that they span and terminate over both axles.

The Coromal has independant leaves on each axle and is NOT load sharing at all

The leaves are not connected at all as in most tandem leaf systems.

Havent had it long enough to find out about wear yet.

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Follow Up By: seqfisho - Monday, Sep 28, 2009 at 14:42

Monday, Sep 28, 2009 at 14:42

Thanks Graham, I wasn't sure 100% on the simplicity setup as Jayco call their independant setup on the outbacks a simplicity suspension but the springs are the standard way round.

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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Monday, Sep 28, 2009 at 18:23

Monday, Sep 28, 2009 at 18:23

The Jaycos have leaf loadsharing suspension as the have a swivel shakle in between the axles which transfers weight between the two. One disadvantage is that they have common old beam axles.

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Follow Up By: Member - Don M (NSW) - Monday, Sep 28, 2009 at 21:10

Monday, Sep 28, 2009 at 21:10

Common old beam axles which have stood the test of time I might add. If you break your Coromal suspension outback...(it happens), you will be waiting for a while for it to be fixed. If the standard COMMON beam/load sharing spring breaks, any old bush mechanic can fix it in a flash.

And by the way...., Jayco DO offer Simplicity independent suspension as an option. Interestingly, most of the Jayco salesmen recommend sticking with the original..., maybe they make more that way or..., heaven forbid, they have far less trouble with it after sales....?? I'd be prepared to bet it is the latter....

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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Monday, Sep 28, 2009 at 21:54

Monday, Sep 28, 2009 at 21:54

Well dont know how far my Roadstar had gone before I bought it but I did 27,000k in it without trouble before I traded it.

Had the bearings repacked just before i traded it and they said it was fine and one of the most robust suspensions they had worked on.

All types obviously have some problems as the perfect item has yet to be made.

Keep them serviced and looked after and you may not have probs.

Dont know why you would have trouble getting the Coromal fixed

It is after all only leaf springs with a triangular frame to locate it to the chassis.

Is much simpler and infintely cheaper i would think than the Simplicity.

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Reply By: Steve - Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 14:57

Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 14:57

I've had two Coromals from new and never adjusted either. I think you'll be happy with the coil springs - we did a fairly limited amount of driving on corrugations and had no problems and it rode really well. I've heard nothing but positive feedback from others either. try a thread search - there have been a few posts on this topic. The other advantage of the coils is the ground clearance you get because there's no axle.

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