what type saw blade to cut springs?
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Car: '87 Camaro LT
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what type saw blade to cut springs?
i was gonna use my jig saw to cut my springs but the blade i have wouldn't even nick it, it's a 14 tooth/inch blade and says it's for ferrous metals up to 1/4". the store also has 18 and 24 teeth/inch blades for non ferrous metals, which one should i get?
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The only EASY way is like raggedout91RS said.
Use a 4" cut-off wheel on a die grinder or an angle grinder.
I do hope you know that you SHOULD NOT USE HEAT!!!!!
You do know that right?
Use a 4" cut-off wheel on a die grinder or an angle grinder.
I do hope you know that you SHOULD NOT USE HEAT!!!!!
You do know that right?
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I just cut a pair of Moog 5664's with a die grinder style cutoff wheel. I didn't have a grinder, so I chucked it up in a drill, using a 1/4 inch, maybe 5/16 inch thick bolt, some washers, and a nut. I burned up two cheap ones from an auto store, so buy a decent one.
Aside from that, my hacksaw made some progress, slowly but surely. I'd figure maybe 20-30 minutes per spring with a hacksaw, if you're up to it.
I'm not sure if anyone else has had this problem,... When I put the new springs in, I couldn't keep the rubber top piece centered on them. I used three pieces of duct tape to hold it to the top of each coil. It seemed to make things a whole lot easier. I figure, a few grams of extra weight won't slow me down all that much
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Aside from that, my hacksaw made some progress, slowly but surely. I'd figure maybe 20-30 minutes per spring with a hacksaw, if you're up to it.
I'm not sure if anyone else has had this problem,... When I put the new springs in, I couldn't keep the rubber top piece centered on them. I used three pieces of duct tape to hold it to the top of each coil. It seemed to make things a whole lot easier. I figure, a few grams of extra weight won't slow me down all that much
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Good luck with the spring swap
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You can use a torch.. but only if you submerge ALL of the part of the spring you wish to keep. This will keep the spring from changing temper. I did this on my stepside. Just put the spring in a 5 gal bucket.. filled it with water to where i wanted to cut it and torched it off.
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If you use an oxy-acetylene torch and cut the spring(don't melt it) correctly it should take only a second or two and very little heat will transfer into the rest of the spring. Water is a little extra insurance
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i think some of u r misleading him on the water part. u can cut it with a torch let it air cool. this will insure u dont change the temper water will weaking the metal. this same topic is brought up all the time. i know i hate wen people tell me to do a search. i promise u will find tons f info.
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Water would weaken the metal if you were using it to quench a hot spring. Here we are using it to keep the spring from ever getting hot enough to change the metal at all. Same way as using a piece of welders clay as a heat sink on sheet metal to prevent warpage.
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