Date:         Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:40:48 -0400
Reply-To:     Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
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From:         Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Pre-loading Rear Suspension :~o
Comments: To: David Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
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I have added 3 extra doughnuts per side to the 1 that came from the
factory, so I have now 4 doughnuts per side.

I bet that these 4 doughnuts do not raise the van as much as might seem,
however, for each of them has a little hollowed out ring in the middle to
allow for insetting of the spring, so they have effectively slightly less
thickness in their middles than they do at their outer edges. For this
reason, it is not an entirely accurate test for us to measure whether the
van is lifted the same thickness as the doughnuts since the doughnuts are
likely to be compressed somewhat, and are thinner in their middles.

>        Just how did you determine that the spring is additional compressed?
>Did you take measurements before and after and find the height of the van to
>be equal? If the body of the van is lifted, by the same amount as the spacer

I have a concern about the definition "same amount as the spacer" see my
paragraph above.

>than your argument falls apart. If the body of the van lifted a bit than
>the answer lies somewhere in the middle. This exercise in logic has too many
>holes (all revolving around
>

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