Road Springs

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Rory Manton

Guest

• Oct 23, 2004

• #1

Having just replaced the rear springs on my 2a I now have a plan to use part
of the old one for a little experiment and I need to dismantle them and I
have a fue questions.

Is there any "energy" stored in a spring?
What is the safest way to dismantle it?
Is there any monetary value in the old springs?

Your help is as always greatfully receved.

Rory.

 

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EMB

Guest

• Oct 23, 2004

• #2

Rory Manton wrote:

> Is there any "energy" stored in a spring?

Minimal - certainly not enough to get you into trouble.

> What is the safest way to dismantle it?

Undo/cut/grind the head off the centre bolt. If you're worried about
the energy clamp it in a vice first.

> Is there any monetary value in the old springs?

Scrap steel value AFAIK.


--
EMB

 

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Richard Brookman

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• Oct 23, 2004

• #3

So EMB was, like

>> Is there any monetary value in the old springs?
>
> Scrap steel value AFAIK.

AIUI, they are made of quite high quality spring steel. Cleaned up and
reshaped, they could make all sorts of useful stuff - if you have access to
the right kit.

--

Rich

Series 2a
RR 4.6
V8 trialler
dog, wife, kids, whatever

 

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David G. Bell

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• Oct 23, 2004

• #4

On Saturday, in article
<[email protected]> [email protected]
"Richard Brookman" wrote:

> So EMB was, like
>
> >> Is there any monetary value in the old springs?
> >
> > Scrap steel value AFAIK.
>
> AIUI, they are made of quite high quality spring steel. Cleaned up and
> reshaped, they could make all sorts of useful stuff - if you have access to
> the right kit.

It's finding the right buyer.

It's the sort of steel that some people use for making swords, but they
might go to the same source as the people who made the springs in the
first place. Still, with a bit of googling, you might find somebody who
could use them.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"History shows that the Singularity started when Sir Tim Berners-Lee
was bitten by a radioactive spider."

 

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Alex

Guest

• Oct 23, 2004

• #5

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:12:38 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>So EMB was, like
>
>>> Is there any monetary value in the old springs?
>>
>> Scrap steel value AFAIK.
>
>AIUI, they are made of quite high quality spring steel. Cleaned up and
>reshaped, they could make all sorts of useful stuff - if you have access to
>the right kit.

They make bloody good tyre levers with a bit of grinding. I have a
stack of old leaves which I use for various levering applications.

You can get a lot of levering effort from a 3' top leaf when you're
trying to pursuade something to come loose.

Alex

 

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Austin Shackles

Guest

• Oct 23, 2004

• #6

On or around Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:12:38 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>So EMB was, like
>
>>> Is there any monetary value in the old springs?
>>
>> Scrap steel value AFAIK.
>
>AIUI, they are made of quite high quality spring steel. Cleaned up and
>reshaped, they could make all sorts of useful stuff - if you have access to
>the right kit.

I understand that LR leafsprings are sought after in some parts of the world
for the molishment of knives and swords and the like. A mate and I started
a process to molish knives from an old LR leaf. first, of course, you need
a large enough forge to detemper the bugger so that you can work it, and
then you have to re-harden and re-temper it suitably.