do the closer coils go on the top or bottom????

 

Whats that in the middle Spiky?

I'd guess the bottom

 

i always put them at the bottom.

 

Bottom. The one on the left is the right way round

 

yep left ones right way up

 

I'm guessing brake master cylinder ??

 

406 I think Spiky?

 

progressive rate springs have the closer coils at the top, so your all wrong,lol

 

yeah 406 Master cylinder which will be mated up with my GTI-6 front brake setup.

i've just removed all the brake lines on the car as i'm renewing them with braided lines



ok so now i have 2 views LEFT or RIGHT ??

 

THE RADMAN

I was starting to doubt myself till i got to your post

 

just do one of each

 

Spiky

Closer coil's at the top 100% deffo

 

still beat you around track


closer at the top it is then

 

Why is it at the top then out of interest?

 

cause the coils would toch if you hit a big bump commen sense really

 

to be honest it don't matter, the only difference will be a very slight weight difference on say the middle of the spring depending weather you have mroe coils above or below the middle. But then again you got probably 400kg on each spring so your not going to notice it.

 

there still going to touch no matter what, thats what your bump stop is for

 

rssteve

The spring gets compressed from the bottom yes?????????????

So if you put the closer coils at the bottom they will bottom out before the top coils work to there full potential

 

well just went back out in the garage and they are now fitted with the coils closer at the top

cheers for the advice

 

Spiky

You/ve been out in the garage fucking about at this ungodly hour working on your car

 

but the spring will all compress at a certain rate it won't compress the first ring before moving on to the next, it may compress one ring quicker than another if they have different gaps between them.

 

rssteve

Thats what i was told or somrthing along those lines, it makes sense to me anyway to have the larger coils at the bottom

 

yeah

and tomorrow i need to fit mt new clutch, clean the refit gearbox, then put the front suspension back on,

then fit the new brakes calipers,disc,pads


going to be a very busy day in the garage tomorrow

 

fair enough i see what your saying but in reality i don't think it matters too much.

 

no way unless you can follow my offroad racing line

 

How the fuck can it make any difference which way round they go

They are being compressed linearly so regardless of whether that compression is coming from the top or the bottom the effect will be exactly the same???

 

^Progressive spings, not linear, thats why they tighter wound and not the same throughout.

But they wont compress from the bottom up

Wont make much difference but id put them closer at bottom for the minute weight difference.

 

You misunderstood what I was saying.

I understand that the spring rates are progressive i.e. it becomes harder to compress the springs the more they are compressed giving you good ride quality combined with good road holding (in very basic terms)

My point is that when you squeeze a spring you are performing a linear motion on it which is the same regardless of whether that force is coming from the top or bottom of the spring. Putting the tighter coils at the bottom or the top has no effect on the operation of the spring.

 

Ah yeah, re-read it correctly, one of these for me

 

No required mate, probably just my poor explanation