RE: [triumph_herald] uprted coil springs http://netwinsite.com/top_mail.htm

[pethier@isd.net]

>> "how do you manufacture extra stiffness into an uprated coil spring?"
>
>1) Use bigger diameter wire

This will certainly work.  

A coil spring is essentially a torsion bar.  To make a torsion bar stiffer,
you either make the bar thicker or make the working portion shorter.  

So, to make it stiffer, the other way is to use fewer turns of coils.

Phil Ethier

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