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Re: 'Pushing' the front end??

To: cmgfam@sover.net (Calvin Grandy)
Subject: Re: 'Pushing' the front end??
From: Daniel Neuman <dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 11:48:02 -0800 (PST)
Hello All,
        Calvin said: 
> I would prefer to reprofile the bump stops for more progression that to cut 
>them.  A cut "spring" is stiffer!  So with a cut bump stop, you have nothing, 
>then bang! to stiff!.  This abrupt transition could be the cause of the bad 
>behavior as well.

        I didn't just 'cut' them I reprofiled them accordding to the Bob 
Sharpe page on Gorden's web site. The actual change is not super drastic. You
sort of cut the sides away and leave a notch in the center but you do not 
change the overall height of the bumpstop.

                Daniel 69 2000
 
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