Crazy idea for springs

tubatom91 · Post by **tubatom91** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:15 am

interesting......I would think as long as they still "springed" it would be fine

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:28 am

Plastidip might be fun to experiment with but I suspect that it is probably a bit too 'rubbery' to use on the entire spring and it would probably stick to the sides of the casing. You might try dipping each end for only about 1/4"... making sure the ends are still square with the centerline of the spring. Have fun... and let us know how it works out.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:25 pm

Done that--piston oil eventually gets to the stuff and, as Wade speculated, the stuff starts to disintegrate.

Well-fitted springs should be absolutely quiet, in any case.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:40 pm

Idle thought, and no way to do it, but wonder what this would be like on the inside of one's horn, if you could get decent coverage?

prototypedenNIS · Post by **prototypedenNIS** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:25 pm

schlepporello wrote:If it was an idea of merit, wouldn't a manufacturer have already done this?

they're also alot more expensive than the Allied springs that will fit.

Where we'd sell a spring for 1buck, the Yammies go for 5

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:39 pm

If you're going to shorten the springs please consider this:
1) Since they are wound, you can be very precise in the amount you cut off. With calipers measure the diameter of the wire in the spring. Then a full circle will cut that much off, 1/2 circle will cut 1/2 the diameter off, etc., proportionally, so you can nip ever so small bits as necessary until you get the exact length.
2) Cut equally off both ends, as the springs have the tight coils at the ends for stability and the expanded coils in the middle for flex. Otherwise, if you cut it all off just one end, you risk the spring starting to float, which is one thing you're trying to solve to begin with.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:12 pm

the elephant wrote:Uh, the Edit and Delete buttons have disappeared.

My supposition is that Sean is now disallowing edits and deletes, as was suggested in one of the feedback threads.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:21 pm

windshieldbug wrote:
the elephant wrote:Uh, the Edit and Delete buttons have disappeared.
My supposition is that Sean is now disallowing edits and deletes, as was suggested in one of the feedback threads.

Not a bad concept. I guess we'll just have to proof-read out comments from now on.

... and think twice before making nasty remarks

(I was going to say 'nasty crack' instead of 'nasty remarks'... but I'll bet we'd all be shocked at the picture Doc would probably post!

tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:22 pm

TubaTinker wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:
the elephant wrote:Uh, the Edit and Delete buttons have disappeared.
My supposition is that Sean is now disallowing edits and deletes, as was suggested in one of the feedback threads.
Not a bad concept. I guess we'll just have to proof-read out comments from now on. ... and think twice before making nasty remarks (I was going to say 'nasty crack' instead of 'nasty remarks'... but I'll bet we'd all be shocked at the picture Doc would probably post!

Well...I'm gonna beat Doc to it!

There's some crack!
Here's another one:

and some more...

Here's some other crack...

And some more crack...

Here's some nasty effects from crack...

tubatom91 · Post by **tubatom91** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:26 pm

yup those are cracks alright

tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:31 pm

now...I bet people think I'm a crack head...

Captain Sousie · Post by **Captain Sousie** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:18 pm

Just hope nobody posts some wisecracks

tubatom91 · Post by **tubatom91** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:22 pm

Captain Sousie wrote:Just hope nobody posts some wisecracks

aw jeeze

Captain Sousie · Post by **Captain Sousie** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:39 pm

Sorry, I just can't seem to crack a joke right.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:49 pm