Ditto.cezeta wrote:if you are using mbd ones then you may want to use ther double top hat thingies to give a bit of pre load as i found them too soft for my liking.
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...too hard for me....like riding with 50lbs" in font tyre.....standard springs,double spring stops,quality standard dampers.....perfect! 
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i also would have thought that it would not matter which way they were fitted ,so long as both were the same way....so please educate me if there is a reason for a certain way...byron wrote:I understand the idea behind different spaced coils along a spring's length.
but how does the spring know which part to use first ?
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I've bought some progressives from MB.. it say's tight to the top but I can hardly tell the difference. are the coil differences that obvious or have I been sent the wrong parts?. 
Jay
Jay
Better to keep quiet and be thought of as a D!ck Head, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
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Ian Hepworth
No!Frautzi wrote: have I been sent the wrong parts?.
Jay
Look at the gaps in the spring. At one end the gaps will be smaller.
Ian. it was just a question..Ian Hepworth wrote:No!Frautzi wrote: have I been sent the wrong parts?.
Jay
Look at the gaps in the spring. At one end the gaps will be smaller.
I'll check when I get home later. I was asking are the gaps obvious or will i have to measure them? Because I can hardly tell the difference end to end, but i will look properly later.
Jay
Better to keep quiet and be thought of as a D!ck Head, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
To get the best from the springs when fitted, set the preload so that the fork links just begin to leave the lower rubber buffers when you and your normal riding load (full tank of fuel, tools, spare wheel and what ever else you normally carry on the scooter) push the scoot off the stand and sit on it feet up, get someone to steady the scooter and someone else to look at the gap between links and buffers.
Too large a gap (under sprung) will reduce availale travel under compression, this can make the stearing a little vague when taking sweeping corners or while braking.
No gap or over sprung ( with the links pressed firmly against the lower buffer) will prevent movement on light surfaces under normal riding, possibly causing the front wheel to skip a little.
Too large a gap (under sprung) will reduce availale travel under compression, this can make the stearing a little vague when taking sweeping corners or while braking.
No gap or over sprung ( with the links pressed firmly against the lower buffer) will prevent movement on light surfaces under normal riding, possibly causing the front wheel to skip a little.
I've measured my MB springs at either end. 1mm gap on each coil until about 50mm and then the gap opens up to about 2.5-3mm in between. visualy I can't tell which way is top, can any one else measure some springs or is it just a call to MB.
Jay
Jay
Better to keep quiet and be thought of as a D!ck Head, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I am curious as well. The MB springs that I have appear as though they have the same gaps toward both ends with larger gaps towards the middle.
Also, as far as the original question goes, there were some people on another board that more or less proved that it wouldn't matter which way the springs are put in. That said, it seems silly to think that you would get the same results if one were put in with the tighter windings towards the top and the other with the tighter windings towards the bottom. Seems like there would be a tendency for them to act differently as far as staying on axis.
Also, as far as the original question goes, there were some people on another board that more or less proved that it wouldn't matter which way the springs are put in. That said, it seems silly to think that you would get the same results if one were put in with the tighter windings towards the top and the other with the tighter windings towards the bottom. Seems like there would be a tendency for them to act differently as far as staying on axis.
...progressive in that the spring gets progressively harder as it compresses....ie tighter coils /harder to the top......