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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Modified Steering Stem
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<blockquote data-quote="BigEd" data-source="post: 98602" data-attributes="member: 161"><p>While we are talking about shortening springs, shorten carefully and take off small amounts until you get the required length. You can't put it back on. Shortening a spring increases the spring rate i.e. it will take more force to move the same distance. In this instance, we are removing relatively small amounts so the rate will not increase much. If you shorten a spring too much you may be able to correct the height with spacers but bear in mind that removing coils limits the amount a spring can compress before it becomes coil bound. As a rough check, measure the gap between two coils and multiply by the number of gaps to get a ballpark figure for how much the spring can compress. May not be a problem here but maybe worth checking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigEd, post: 98602, member: 161"] While we are talking about shortening springs, shorten carefully and take off small amounts until you get the required length. You can't put it back on. Shortening a spring increases the spring rate i.e. it will take more force to move the same distance. In this instance, we are removing relatively small amounts so the rate will not increase much. If you shorten a spring too much you may be able to correct the height with spacers but bear in mind that removing coils limits the amount a spring can compress before it becomes coil bound. As a rough check, measure the gap between two coils and multiply by the number of gaps to get a ballpark figure for how much the spring can compress. May not be a problem here but maybe worth checking. [/QUOTE]
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