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| malcolm2 |
 Nov 17 2015, 09:43 PM
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Going from old-wornout-came-on-the-car KYB to free-better-condition KYB. Something always bites me in the ass. One of my top nuts is stripped.
Anyway: I did notice that the springs going on have 11 coils and the ones coming off have 8. I was told the ones going on were 100# springs. The ones coming off have SP100 weltmeister printed on them. So what is the deal with the coil count? |
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| Dave_Darling |
Nov 18 2015, 06:41 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,200 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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Google says:
http://www.bluecoilspring.com/rate.htm Basically, the less material you have the stiffer the spring. Think of our car's front torsion bars. Would a long bar twist more easily, or a short one? Yeah, the long one would. Now wrap that torsion bar around and around, and you get a coil spring. More coils means longer length of material, means softer spring. The short answer: Given the same material, wire diameter, and so forth, the 8-coil spring would be about 25% stiffer than the 10-coil spring. --DD |
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malcolm2 Rear springs Nov 17 2015, 09:43 PM
malcolm2 anyone know about springs?
I figured the heavy ... Nov 18 2015, 08:05 AM relentless Fewer coils for the same wire type and diameter ma... Nov 18 2015, 01:51 PM malcolm2 I was thinking the opposite. More coils more weigh... Nov 18 2015, 04:29 PM bulitt Imagine unraveling the spring into a straight leng... Nov 19 2015, 07:10 AM
malcolm2 GOOGLE not sure why i did not think of that. Thank... Nov 19 2015, 11:01 AM |
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