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Re: spit rear spring - lesson?

To: triumph mail exploder <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: spit rear spring - lesson?
From: Michael Galloway <mgx@icesar.epm.ornl.gov>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 14:19:42 -0500 (EST)
never mind, i actually sat down and thought about it for a few minutes at
lunch and i recaptured my understanding of springs :) sometimes it pays
to think!

-- michael galloway
   '78 spitfire

On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Michael Galloway wrote:

> ok, now i'm starting to get confused. 
> 
> if the rear wheel pivots in the inboard/outboard (chamber) direction about
> the trunion bolt, i would think that a weaker (longer?) spring would result
> in more positive chamber, not more negative chamber. i'm assuming that 
> weaker means longer, for the rear spring.
> 

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