Sure it will ride higher...but it will also ride stiffer. And if this is not how you pre-laod the spring, then how do you? And why isn't the compressed spring stiffer? steve Dr. Rainer Woitok wrote: > Hi all, > > On Mon, 1998-06-29 23:12:10 -0700, Steven X. Schwenk wrote: > > > ... > > (1) does > > inserting a donut compress/shorten the spring? > > Definitely NO! Provided the length of the spring under the normal > weight of the van isn't constrained by the shock (which it shouldn't be) > the length of the spring depends ONLY on its material, its geometry > (unloaded) and the weight to which it is exposed. Thus, if the lower > end of the spring is two inches higher due to the doughnut and the > weight is the same, the upper end will be two inches higher, too. This > means the van will ride two inches higher. > > Sincerely > Rainer > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Rainer M Woitok | Phone: (+49-9131) 85-7811, -7031 | > | Regionales Rechenzentrum | | > | Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet | Fax : (+49-9131) 30 29 41 | > | Martens-Strasse 1 | Telex: d 629 755 tf erl | > | D-91058 Erlangen | | > | Germany | Mail: Woitok@RRZE.Uni-Erlangen.DE | > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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