I definitely planned to keep an eye on the springs and report back as this
whole process is a big question mark. The hammering was not that hard/much, I
just used a ball peen hammer. So I hope the work hardening is not of
consequence compared to the initial hardness of the springs, we'll see.
The metalworking group didn't seem to have a issue with cold
pressing/hammering:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.crafts.metalworking/browse_thread/thread/5b616652a829b255
I read a lot on the hotrodder sites and there seem to be 2 schools of thoughts:
Cold arching (hammering,pressing) has it's fans reporting success on those
forums vs. mostly commercial shops and their fans saying that the spring leafs
need to be heat treated to erase memory effect.
Of course it's also human nature to report success more easily than failure or
to place commercial interest first so the result of my research on the web is
not very dependable (yet).
to be continued...
Bert
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