Why am I asking this? Well, springs aren't perfect, and i'm sure there's a bit of uneven pressure on every shock spring made. As an experiment, I stiffened a spring by heating up and collapsing one turn of the spring. I measured first to make sure there's no chance of coil bind. It actually seemed to work pretty slick, and according to sag measurements I ended up with exactly the spring rate I wanted. The ends of the spring apear fairly parallel, but i'm sure not perfect. Looking at the shock, there is a bit more spring clearance on one side than there is on the other side.
It's a great feeling to do a mod that works, just for the cost of the torch gas, as opposed to bolting on someone else's creation. But, I don't want to wear out an expensive shock!
As a contrast, forks have a huge amount of side load on them due to the rake of the forks...
What do you think??? Cool mod, or impending doom for the shock?
It's a great feeling to do a mod that works, just for the cost of the torch gas, as opposed to bolting on someone else's creation. But, I don't want to wear out an expensive shock!
As a contrast, forks have a huge amount of side load on them due to the rake of the forks...
What do you think??? Cool mod, or impending doom for the shock?