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can OLD MAN EMU leaf springs be reset????????
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 12:08 pm
by MUSS
i have heard that OME leaf springs CAN NOT be reset as they are a higher grade of spring steeL? can any one shed some light on this? also heard that they cant be reset cos they have been shot peened? ok call me stupid........ but wtf does shot peened mean???
spring
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 7:20 pm
by humphey
jake u can reset any leaf spring from 4mm thick to 25mm thick . mate i have reset enforcer/ ome /kings /arb/ even coils .4x4 and cars all models .i havent heard of any u carnt reset or modify.
Re: spring
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 7:35 pm
by MUSS
humphey wrote:jake u can reset any leaf spring from 4mm thick to 25mm thick . mate i have reset enforcer/ ome /kings /arb/ even coils .4x4 and cars all models .i havent heard of any u carnt reset or modify.
hey HUMPHEY have you heard of any of the pme leafs springs brakin after they have been reset??? have heard this too
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:22 am
by Guy
I reset my OME springs for my Zuk several times without any real issues, low tech in the press .. bend a little move a little .. spot penned is when the "tension side or the inside of the arched bit" has been blasted with steel shot to work harden it a bit and help keep it's arch .. (well thats what I have been told anyways)
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 2:33 pm
by greg
Did the same thing to my spring - took the packs apart and put each leaf in a press and just kept moving them along a bit more and pressing them again... the springs seemed to return to their same flat arch within a few weeks though...
However, since removing much of the vehicles weight, they are back up to near full arch again i think..