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Re: Front Spring Shortening

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Front Spring Shortening
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 00:05:33 -0400 (EDT)
That statement is patently wrong!  Unless you use heat sycncs, the heat will
permeate the spring and
ruin it.
Joe

Nolan Penney wrote:
>
> See?  Hysteria. :-)
>
> Like I said, the heat from the cutting torch will only travel about 2"
down the
> spring, doing no damage to the rest of the coil.  The 2 inches that do
lose
> temper will settle into the perch better then a squarely cut end, which
tends to
> poke into the perch.
>
> Joe Curry wrote:
>
> > NEVER....NEVER Cut springs with a torch!  YOu will end up ruining the
temper
> > of the spring.

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