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Lowering Gurus wanted - The Gaz shock thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Moseley" data-source="post: 604468" data-attributes="member: 20098"><p>It depends on how the spring sits on the shock once you have set up your desired ride height. Ultimately, a 10” spring and a 9” spring with the same rate will give no difference in ride quality - they both compress the same length per unit of weight added.</p><p></p><p>Where spring length comes into play is if using too long a spring, the coils become ‘coil-bound’ as the damper compresses, I.e. the coils all end up touching whilst the wheel still has room to travel. So in this scenario, logic tells you to pick a shorter spring, but then this can lead to there not being enough adjustment on the threaded damper section before you cannot set enough preload on the spring.</p><p></p><p>Not sure if that makes sense, but ultimately you want as long a spring as possible (as this gives the most adjustment options) but not so long that it becomes coil-bound when the suspension is fully compressed - either when bump stops are hit, or tyre contacts wheel arch.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moseley, post: 604468, member: 20098"] It depends on how the spring sits on the shock once you have set up your desired ride height. Ultimately, a 10” spring and a 9” spring with the same rate will give no difference in ride quality - they both compress the same length per unit of weight added. Where spring length comes into play is if using too long a spring, the coils become ‘coil-bound’ as the damper compresses, I.e. the coils all end up touching whilst the wheel still has room to travel. So in this scenario, logic tells you to pick a shorter spring, but then this can lead to there not being enough adjustment on the threaded damper section before you cannot set enough preload on the spring. Not sure if that makes sense, but ultimately you want as long a spring as possible (as this gives the most adjustment options) but not so long that it becomes coil-bound when the suspension is fully compressed - either when bump stops are hit, or tyre contacts wheel arch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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