[TR] Rear leaf springs

[Dave1massey at cs.com]

In a message dated 8/2/2009 11:14:19 PM Central Daylight Time, 
tr3driver at ca.rr.com writes: 
> They also rattle your teeth less.  Rusty springs have a huge amount of
> 'stiction' (aka static friction), which does nothing to control 
> oscillation,
> but does cause the suspension to appear solid to small deflections.  And
> they also take more-or-less constant force to overcome the friction (once
> they are moving); while hydraulic shocks are designed to provide increased
> resistance to faster movement.
> 

Would that mean non-linear action and therefore less predictability and 
repeatability?  

Dave