by geeves » Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:33 pm
before you cut the spring be aware of the following
LTSA rules on modified vehicles are very definate on this. Cut suspension or steering parts are forbodden End of story. Reason is that heat damages the intended temper in the metal and even a grinder produces a lot of heat. You could try and convince your wof guy that it was cut with a hacksaw but he is as likely to believe you as I am.
I would be taking a lot of measurements of those springs and getting terraquuip to compare to specification. Something here is really not right
Masurements that matter will be
total spring length measured around the outside of the curve eye center to eye center
straight line eye to eye
hight of arch to inside of spring
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them