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Originally Posted by chicane
Yes... you can cut them in place. No... you will not be able to control the height as you suspect. To get an accurate measurement, they have to come out.
Secondly... you DO NOT cool a spring in water. You only cool it in ambient air or you will drastically change the temper of the spring steel and they will end up to be useless when your done.
And lastly... its not worth taking a chance with kinetic energy. Simple tools that can be affordably rented from a local parts store is much cheaper than replacing a door or window... or you head, for that matter.
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Chic
I can't see how the spring would get that hot anyways. If you used a cutting torch maybe but cooling in it water would temper the spring and make it brittle.
I am not sure how taking the spring out would allow you to control the height any better. I was planning on cutting a half coil at a time. I am only looking for about 1-1.5" drop anymore and I'll be draggin my collectors on the road.
Now this turned out to be a pretty constructive thread
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