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RE: Bending Shock Arms

To: bighealey@charter.net, bspidell@comcast.net, healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Bending Shock Arms
From: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:30:05 +0000
I'm sure tere is a formula for stress relieving things like suspension arms 
after heating and bending them, but I doubt that it is as simple as heating 
and quenching. Water quenching will typically result in crystalization which 
will cause the steel to be brittle.

Bill Lawrence
>
>Hi Bob,
>
>Probably not.  Could weaken the metal.  If you really want to try you 
>should
>heat it up and bend then quench.
>
>Tracy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
>Behalf Of Bob Spidell
>Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:36 AM
>To: healeylist
>Subject: Bending Shock Arms
>
>Anyone tried bending/straightening the arms on Armstrong shocks, or is
>that a no-no?
>
>
>bs




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