Re: Re: homemade spring clamps success

From: Patrick Delgado (dadoctah@vitelcom.net)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2000 - 21:32:31 EST


The front portion of the leaf locates the axle, the back portion provides the
compliance. The stiffer you make the front, the better it works(and doesn't
affect compliance).
Dr. Pat

Blinkslowly@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 03/21/2000 10:21:45 PM Central Standard Time,
> fast4x4@bellsouth.net writes:
>
> << Glad to hear it Rob, hope you put some rubber pads under the fore springs.
> I had to do that after they kept slipping off the springs leaves.
> >>
> I did not do that, but no signs of slippage yet, By the way I experimented
> puting the clamps on differnet parts of the leaf, and they seem to work best
> when I put all 4 of them infront of the axle with none on the back of the
> spring. Go figure.
> Rob



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