Opps... in the archives it states 75kg for 1cm...

Is there a *good* method of accuratly checking spring rates?

At 12:00 9/20/98 EDT, SyncroHead@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 98-09-20 02:00:49 EDT, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes:
>
>> so the question is, how do I find out what the
>>  spring rate is of these springs.  I remember reading that the Syncro
>>  springs are 75lb/inch... am I correct on that figure?
>
>Compress them and measure the required compression force and distance.  If
the
>rate is 75lbs/inch it will take 75 bls to compress them one ince, 150lbs
for 2
>inches, etc.
>
>Regards,
>Jim Davis
>
>

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