Re: stock spring rates in an early 83 UrQ?

[Ken Keith <auditude@impulsedata.net>]

Martin Pajak wrote:
> 
> Ken,
> 
> >  Those housings are heat treated, ya know.
> > You're not supposed to even cut or weld on them.
> 
> Where did you get this info. Heat treating the strut housings?If they were
> heat treated 2B's would have problems threading them.

Well, the heat treating is assumed by me.  This is based on the 
caution message in the Bentley's:  "Do not attempt to straighten 
or weld suspension strut, wheel bearing housing, control arm, or 
subframe."  Also because these parts seem to me to be harder 
than mild steel you would get at the metal yard.

> I have welded the 4k spring seats onto 5kt (essentially same as Ur-q) strut
> housings without any problems at all.  I was afraid of warping them and not
> able to slide the inserts in but nothing happened.

Yeah, I've welded the strut housing too.  Cut the threaded 
part off, took out a section, and welded the threaded part lower, 
so that shorter Scirocco struts can be used.  Pic on my webpage. 
I don't use those housings tho'.  Have stock housings with Bilstein 
Sports now.

> > A purist would
> > not consider them to have the same value as untouched ones.
> 
> Purist would not find out if a good weld job was done and few k's of road
> dirt was thrown at it : )

And they didn't know about the Q-list!

Ken
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