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Here is more info on the subject matter than most folks usually want. Attached is SAE HS788

Basically the engineers handbook for leaf springs.
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http://allaboutmetallurgy.com/wp/wp-...n%20Manual.pdf
 
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The above post was copied and moved to its own thread for easier linking to the tech folder.

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I see what you did there
 
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Adding this link because it is a decent summary without all the engineering techno jargon

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The first link isn't available anymore. Any possibility it can be re-shared?
 
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Bummer, it was a S.A.E. Engineering paper, basically the info the engineers who design the springs at ford use.

the second link “spring basics” is a good laymen’s overview if you don’t need to understand the metallurgy or the math and physics behind the curtain.
 
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I found it archived:
https://web.archive.org/web/20171215...ign-Manual.pdf
 
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