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.
Minimal - certainly not enough to get you into trouble.
Undo/cut/grind the head off the centre bolt. If you're worried about the energy clamp it in a vice first.
Scrap steel value AFAIK.
So EMB was, like
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.
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
Twas Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:19:46 +0100 (BST) when snipped-for-privacy@zhochaka.demon.co.uk ("David G. Bell") put finger to keyboard producing:
I could use a single flattish leaf from an old leaf spring. Postage on it would likely be too much though.
Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)
On or around Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:12:38 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Brookman" enlightened us thusly:
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.
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