Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:19:13 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Supporting the pop top to remove the frame
Comments: To: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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At 07:41 AM 8/25/2015, Edward Maglott wrote:
>I'm feeling like I'm getting less assist from my springs on my '86.  I can
>feel those cables at the "elbow" of the apparatus.  when the top is up
>there is slack in them.  is that right?
>Edward

If you're over fifty it's probably you.  I remember when a fifty
pound sandbag suddenly felt like a 95 pound sack of cement, and I
hate to tell you what a gallon of milk feels like lately.

The usual failure mode of those spring assists involves a snapping
noise and no doubt at all that something changed.  They are normally
slack when the bar is straight -- there's no point in them being
otherwise as the leverage is such that they can't give any useful
assistance there anyway.

Yours,
David