[Vwdiesel] Spring Notes

[James Hansen]

No, in normal usage. Harder than normal usage will cause them to wear
faster, but loss of rate in a spring is normal over time.
Well, I think they were designed to last for one purchase.  Trouble is, the
designers were not allowing for a diesel engine, and extreme longevity.
Similar gas cars are rebar in China long ago.
-James

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From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
Behalf Of Mark Shepherd
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:18 AM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Spring Notes


Yes, all springs wear over time.  To them, wear is loss of spring rate
meaning the pounds per inch needed to compress, decreases over usage.
-James

But...
Is the wear mainly due to over loading? I'd say that 'softer' (more turns)
springs last longer due to less torsion per inch. So is there room for a
larger soft spring to give us what we want  which is 1 purchase per
car...Transferable...
MTM
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