Bending leaf springs
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What's that off? Not sure how you'd bend it without losing the spring
freelance
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Warmth and a 20 tonnes press
hughdavies
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They are spring steel by name and nature. If you heat it up and do not temper it back correctly it will snap or bend right over,
Never thought of the press, got a 20 ton one
It's either that or use the whole spring (which is far too long) and hide the end under chassis further back
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Cut the end off if it's in the way?
freelance
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You can do a lot with a leaf spring before it looses all its flexibility, and for light loads you won’t do enough damage that it breaks or bends
