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12-03-2009, 06:35 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spring, Texas
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|  Internal Springs?
I thought I might try to put ball point pen springs inside the shocks and get rid of the externals all together. I'm trying to make it look and drive more like a scaler anyway, so it should improve the looks. Sound dumb? Any thoughts? Jason  |
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12-03-2009, 07:05 PM
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| On the lookout for Rocks   Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Monroe, Louisiana
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Have you looks inside the shock body or at a ball point pen spring? That's gonna be a tiny spring.
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12-03-2009, 07:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Post Falls, ID
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you could use a pen as a new shock body, as long as its not to thick to hit links etc.
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12-03-2009, 07:17 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama
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It would probably be way to stiff.
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12-03-2009, 07:33 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spring, Texas
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Maybe I can find tiny pens!  Quote:
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12-03-2009, 10:38 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: under a rock and a hard place
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The springs from inside the tumblers on almost all locks will fit. I found them to be to stiff for my liking.I tried heating them to take some spring ou of them...the brass ones became useless(colloapsed and wouldnt return) and the steel one was to soft.I am going to see my locksmith buddy tommorrow and see if he has diferent spring rates  |
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12-03-2009, 11:49 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: MN
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One option would be the spring in a lighter, the spring that presses against the flint.
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12-04-2009, 08:50 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: under a rock and a hard place
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 might try heating that one up.. good idea | |
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