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Old 03-08-2011, 08:42 AM
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If anyone could take a few measurements with a caliper, it would be greatly appreciated.

We need:

Length, uncompressed
Spring outer diameter
Wire diameter
Number of coils, not counting the very top and bottom where the spring is closed and ground

From there we can find the lb/in spring rate.
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