Project cars / trucks

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by Imagine

Let this be a lesson to all, if you value your life don't heat your coils. You can't tell from that picture, but even the shock rods are bent. I'd like to find the person that thought this was a good idea and punch him in the face.

I'm speechless with astonishment..... There are just some things in life that you do not do, such as changing spring tension/compression constants by arbitrarily heating them with a torch, in the field. That's just begging for heartache.

How do I know? The way the springs seemed to have formed unevenly.



Closer examination of the metal would show where it was heated.


Now if they'd removed the springs and given them a controlled anneal and temper that would be different... my only question is why? A softer ride?

Gene