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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: Scott on March 23, 2004, 11:51:01 pm

Title: Spring needed- 3 1/8x 1 5/8x11/4 200-250 pounds
Post by: Scott on March 23, 2004, 11:51:01 pm

Spring needed- 3 1/8x 1 5/8x11/4 200-250 pounds  Anything close out there?  I know our xlinks and 856'ers are mostly a bit long?

Thanks!
Scott

Title: Re: Spring needed- 3 1/8x 1 5/8x11/4 200-250 pound
Post by: Scott on March 24, 2004, 04:32:48 am

Actually 250-300 is the correct range.

Title: Re: Spring needed- 3 1/8x 1 5/8x11/4 200-250 pound
Post by: kiwi on March 24, 2004, 07:11:09 pm

any spring place will make you exactly what you want.Just look in your yellow pages......spring making is now a science and the properties of spring steel are well known.With a set of scales a vernier caliper and a mind that knows a spring man will tell you the properties of your spring without even compressing it.
Yake a spring along tho ..he will prolly grumble and say something about "overrated".You can reply that you dont mind sacrificing a little sag over time to save some weight :D

Title: Re: Spring needed- 3 1/8x 1 5/8x11/4 200-250 pound
Post by: Scott on March 26, 2004, 01:40:25 pm

Thanks Kiwi.  I have 3 quotes from the 'net-all above $190 each.  My local source has left.  We ended up calling Extralite in Italy for the proper spring.

Title: Re: Spring needed- 3 1/8x 1 5/8x11/4 200-250 pound
Post by: kiwi on March 26, 2004, 08:19:03 pm

say what...my local spring place would wound me a spring for my world cup frame or crosslink for $60 NZ
about US40