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Re: [Fot] WG: Paging Tom Krieger re: rear springs

To: "'Bill Babcock'" <billb@bnj.com>, "'Kramer, Robert'"
Subject: Re: [Fot] WG: Paging Tom Krieger re: rear springs
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:41:19 -0700
> spring rate doesn't change when you shorten a spring 

Ah, but it does.  Say for example you start with two 400 lb/in springs and
stack them together.  Apply 400 pounds, and the stack deflects by 2 inches
(making it a 200 lb/in stack).  Separate the springs and they go from 200
lb/in to 400 lb/in.

Randall

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