Re: chopping springs

[Cam McKinnon]

IMHO 'trimming' the rear springs in a 1600  is acceptable upt to a point. The rear 'low' king spring makes the car still sit an inch or so too high when combined with the low front spring.  From memory the rear spring is rated at about 650-700lb an inch, taking 1/2 or 3/4 or a coil will probably add another 50-75 lb to that, which is still fine for road use. The spring will still be captive in the seat and if trimmed from the bottom (as it sits in the a arm) wont rattle or move. Also it must be trimmed using a hacksaw only, grinding or even worse gas axe will re-temper the spring and may cause problems down the track.   my .02$ worth,   Cheers,   Cam CM510 www.sprite.com.au/cm510 ----- Original Message ----- From: dan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 2:42 AM Subject: Re: chopping springs If you cut them the spring rate will increase and they might end up too firm for street use, plus they won't seat properly which can cause some loud noises from the rear end. Shouldn't cost much to have them compressed.  Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: just take the same springs to a spring place and get them to compress it to where u want it......don't chop them ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 1:43 PM Subject: chopping springs > Ive got some firm king springs in the rear, but they sit with a height of > 320mm from the wheel center to the gaurd. i want them at about 290mm. which > means dropping it by 30mm. > > Can i chop the springs? as they will not sit as well in the rear swingarm > due to the slightly different angle in the coils further up the spring. > > I hope this makes sence. > > The other option is to buy new springs, which is secondard. > > Chris King. > --membersozdat--------------------------------------! ----------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------   Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------