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Re: Shocks n Springs and all things...

To: James Carruthers <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Shocks n Springs and all things...
From: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:06:30 -0400
James Carruthers wrote:

 >
 > her suspension likes to "bottom out"
 >
 > Now, to what my PO told me; he cut the front springs... Now, methinks
 > this means there ain't so much spring in her step, so to speak.


Actually, cutting off a coil will stiffen the spring, not soften it. 
(Counterintuitive, but true according to my library.)

Perhaps your bushes have perished?
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