Strange springer power question?

[look no hands]

Hi all, I was tinkering with the Lightning and decided to try some different springs, anyway cut a long story short, spring with one power band washer on the rear guide, it was running at 12.3ftp, took power band off, now doing 12.7ftp.

How's that work out?

[Anothermiss]

Spring was too compressed to be effective.

[CapitalBee]

Hi all, I was tinkering with the Lightning and decided to try some different springs, anyway cut a long story short, spring with one power band washer on the rear guide, it was running at 12.3ftp, took power band off, now doing 12.7ftp.

How's that work out?

I've had this before now on an HW35 (I'll give you time to dry wretch Pete..)

It's probably close to coil bound with the power band added, or it was under to much tension after fitment. I suppose it's a balance to allow the spring to give maximum power under tension.

As I was told on here "welcome to the wonderful world of springer tuning.."

[Dornfelderliebe]

Hi all, I was tinkering with the Lightning and decided to try some different springs, anyway cut a long story short, spring with one power band washer on the rear guide, it was running at 12.3ftp, took power band off, now doing 12.7ftp.

How's that work out?

The washer may have made it act like it was oversprung and just like when you cut a coil off it gives a bit more power removing the washer upped the power. You may have to try cutting half a coil off.

[look no hands]

I may take a couple of coils off and fit the band back on as it allows the spring end to rotate a bit more (so I've read).

Thanks for the replies so far Gents

[tinbum]

I may take a couple of coils off and fit the band back on as it allows the spring end to rotate a bit more (so I've read).

Thanks for the replies so far Gents

Only take one coil maximum, two may drop it significantly

[Dragonboy]

Had that happened a few times. One coil removed, flatten the end and polish should be enough.

[clipper]

Shameless hijack, but fwiw I would only lose one coil at a time too

Tinbum two things, that is quite possibly the most comical avatar I've seen for a long time, so I'm going to steal it for my own uses (testing HR's sense of humour), and back to business, I've emailed but no response from your elves....... any chance of getting an HW80 top hat and slip washer on it's own? For now I've cut down an old OEM Weihrauch rear guide including filing down the metal end washer, but a pukka delrin one would be a few grams lighter I'm sure

[Waddy]

Defo only take one coil off. Put it this way you can't put one back if it drops way too far.





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[Neil54]

Chopping the spring until the power starts to drop and then fitting a power washer is sometimes the way to go.