At 11:45 AM 10/1/97 -0500, S.G.Schiro wrote:
>Re the springs, having springs made for a specific application is
>straight forward and relatively inexpensive. Here, in Michigan, there
>are several speciality spring fabricators. What we need is the bar
>stock thickness, the uncompressed spring height, the spring diameter and
>the spring rate.
I wish someone had of mentioned this a few months ago. I finally got my
springs back in my car!!!
>The rate part is the hardest. You need to compress the spring a known
>amount and measure the force required to obtain the deflection. In fixed
>rate springs this is easy ( relatively)....
Good luck at compressing a spring. Them damn thins are a monster!!!
I was able to compress them with my spring compressors and an impact wrench,
but you'll really have to make a long lever and sit on it to move them.
Actually that isn't a bad idea. I think that's the only way we'll get
a measurable compression.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
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