rear spring

[redbloke1956]

This is a new spring that I just had delivered, you will notice that the top spring claw is canted over quite a bit, is there anything I can do about this?
As far as I can tell it is correctly fitted.

Kev

 

[timetraveller]

Are the claws new as well? Alternatively, if you change the claws round to different ends is it the same. This is to find out whether it is the claws or the spring. If it is the spring send it back and let us all know where it came from so we can be forewarned if we use the same source.

 

[Chris Launders]

It looks like the end of the spring is not square, stand it on something flat and it should stand vertical.

 

[clevtrev]

The spring doesn`t look as if it`s been scragged , to me.

 

[davidd]

Kevin,

It looks to me like the end of the spring was not collapsed enough to do a proper "square and ground" end. Is it a new spring or just new to you? I was under the impression that scragging was a bending test for spring steel to induce a "set." It looks like this spring needs some work.

David

 

[clevtrev]

Spring terminology
http://www.springmasters.com/spring-terminology.html

A compression spring is squashed to solid, before final treatments, that`s how the spring obtains its parallel faces. It`s called `scragging`.

 

[redbloke1956]

Hi guys, thanks for all the input so far, the spring is brand new and the claws are not.
From your responses do I assume that it is not acceptable the way it is and I should therefore grind the spring to make it fit square in the claw??

Thanks
Kev

 

[redbloke1956]

Thanks Trev and Dave, I somehow missed the last two posts, I will go to work on the spring then

 

[clevtrev]

You will have to do some filing on the claw as well, because the coil helix ratio is wrong.

 

[clevtrev]

Looking at the spring again, I don`t think you`ll ever get it right.