Holy mary mother of god, Think i made a f'ck up, help

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

Alright, now i'm afraid. My new spring doesn't sit right in my original shock. It fits perfectly upside down though. ANythoughts,

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

would i make much diff if i fit them upside down

 

[LiquidCarbon]

maybe up is down and down is up! in other words have you got the spring the wrong way round

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

Pics (correct way up, wrong fit)

Upside down, Nice fit

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

it said in the manual, make sure writing faces up, which then is wrong fit

 

[Bash]

yeah it will as the springs are progressively wound i.e they use the same amount of metal as a normal spring but they are closer together at the top. the top of the spring is the bit that adsorbs the impact first that makes it harder. I cant give you any more info as Im not that experienced.

 

[LiquidCarbon]

ummm just try it upside down! whats the wurst that could happen :race:

 

[Fletcher]

^^^^yep

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

Thats what i was thinking, Worst that can happen........suspension give up, roll car into a tree but other than that not much

 

[Bash]

It will be too bouncy, may result in death....

fix it asap.

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

what on earth do i do?

 

[-KarL-]

looks like they have just printed the writing on wrong

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

it doesn';t make sense, who's shocks are smaller at the bottom than they are at the top

 

[bendee]

lol run it upside down man, think about it.

 

[clvs2222]

just wait till the morning and give them a ring / go back to the shop and ask.

 

[Bash]

Can you post a picture of it side on?

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

shop is across the pond

 

[sideways danny]

yeah it will as the springs are progressively wound i.e they use the same amount of metal as a normal spring but they are closer together at the top. the top of the spring is the bit that adsorbs the impact first that makes it harder. I cant give you any more info as Im not that experienced.

lol, springs dont work like that. actually sitting here crying with laughter hahahahahahaha

as long as the springs are both the same way up it will be absolutely fine

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

fu*king christ, now the woman is ta;lking about breaking up

 

[Bluebeard]

Check your dump valve.

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

yeah it will as the springs are progressively wound i.e they use the same amount of metal as a normal spring but they are closer together at the top. the top of the spring is the bit that adsorbs the impact first that makes it harder. I cant give you any more info as Im not that experienced.

lol, springs dont work like that. actually sitting here crying with laughter hahahahahahaha

as long as the springs are both the same way up it will be absolutely fine

I love you, will you have my babies

 

[bendee]

is this a serious thread? did you actually have to ask about this?

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

is this a serious thread? did you actually have to ask about this?

Yeah, is that not what the forums are for, I always thought it was would be right to be closer at the top, clearly i was wrong, sorry for wasting your time

 

[LiquidCarbon]

shop is across the pond

end of the day don't buy parts for a french car from THE USA!

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

smaller pond, the irish channel

 

[Turkish]

pmsl @ this

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

mods please close

 

[Bash]

yeah it will as the springs are progressively wound i.e they use the same amount of metal as a normal spring but they are closer together at the top. the top of the spring is the bit that adsorbs the impact first that makes it harder. I cant give you any more info as Im not that experienced.

lol, springs dont work like that. actually sitting here crying with laughter hahahahahahaha

as long as the springs are both the same way up it will be absolutely fine

But I thought If you get springs progressively wound as it gets tighter closer to the top has the effect of giving the spring increasing resistance the more compressed it gets? which is why they should be the right way up. As it says in the instruction manual fit them the right way up, I'm no mechanic and I dont want to scare you but I would like to know if you do. (I personally dont want to scare you I'm just giving you back some info)

 

[rolly]

Have a really hard long think about this.........

Can a springs overall length be different when the same amount of force is applied to it but it is up the wrong way.........no.

 

[Turkish]

I think alot of people are missing the glaringly obvious here, lol.

 

[-Leigh-]

I think alot of people are missing the glaringly obvious here, lol.

LOL!!

 

[Dump_Valve_Dreamer]

folks, I was aware of the tighter coils to the top, thats why it just scared/confused me, now its ok. sorted working on second shock now

 

[Bash]

Have a really hard long think about this.........

Can a springs overall length be different when the same amount of force is applied to it but it is up the wrong way.........no.

Progressivly wound = higher compression at one end when the spring is compresed.... I know u only got a C in GCSE....why do u think they are placed at the top........?

 

[rolly]

Have a really hard long think about this.........

Can a springs overall length be different when the same amount of force is applied to it but it is up the wrong way.........no.

Progressivly wound = higher compression at one end when the spring is compresed.... I know u only got a C in GCSE....why do u think they are placed at the top........?

And you think that by putting the softer part of the spring at the bottom that now the stiffer part of the spring will compress first beacuse it's "at the top" - the same part of the spring will compress it will just be at the other end of the spring.

A spring will compress the same length in total for any given force regardless of which way round it goes. but somehow you think that the spring has a small chip inside it that controls the way it behaves because it's upside down.

"Oh look I'm upside down - I'm now going to defy the laws of physics and compress the stiffer part of me first."

They say only one way up because of how they fit into the shock - as clearly demonstrated by the original poster.

And actually I have a BE

 

[Bash]

Where did u buy ur BE from? I think you should go back to where u got it and ask people about how to put ur self to sleep, ur are pretty dumb mate... Dump Valuve Dreamer put this to rest, contact the manufactor and ask them why they recomend you put ur spring the right way up and what would happen when its up side down.

 

[rolly]

yeah it will as the springs are progressively wound i.e they use the same amount of metal as a normal spring but they are closer together at the top. the top of the spring is the bit that adsorbs the impact first that makes it harder. I cant give you any more info as Im not that experienced.

lol, springs dont work like that. actually sitting here crying with laughter hahahahahahaha

as long as the springs are both the same way up it will be absolutely fine

But I thought If you get springs progressively wound as it gets tighter closer to the top has the effect of giving the spring increasing resistance the more compressed it gets? which is why they should be the right way up. As it says in the instruction manual fit them the right way up, I'm no mechanic and I dont want to scare you but I would like to know if you do. (I personally dont want to scare you I'm just giving you back some info)

Have a really hard long think about this.........

Can a springs overall length be different when the same amount of force is applied to it but it is up the wrong way.........no.

Progressivly wound = higher compression at one end when the spring is compresed.... I know u only got a C in GCSE....why do u think they are placed at the top........?

Where did u buy ur BE from? I think you should go back to where u got it and ask people about how to put ur self to sleep, ur are pretty dumb mate... Dump Valuve Dreamer put this to rest, contact the manufactor and ask them why they recomend you put ur spring the right way up and what would happen when its up side down.

All excellent and educated arguments I must say. From someone that is obviously so much better informed and educated than myself.

I will bow down to your superior knowledge and experience as you have so brilliantly demonstrated above. I simply cannot argue with your logical and well proven theories on the subject.

How did you get you name by the way - was it because you were bashed in the head as a young one that filled it with a world of knowledge?

 

[The Boosh!]

Simple answer here.

Put the Fukers on the car and see its not hard.

 

[Rain]

drop this guy a mail, he will defo know to help
http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=224101

 

[agithegreat]

Spring constant....... is it affected by number of coils... or coil density????

 

[sideways danny]

oh my actualy god!!!!! if they are progressive springs, the soft part compresses first no matter which way up the spring is. if the springs will only go one way, that's the way you fit them. As long as they're both the same way up it will be jst fine