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From: klein@ucbcad.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Konis
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 12:18:48 EDT
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> I always thought that shocks were used to dampen the oscillation caused
> by springs.  Now if you have adjustable shocks, does that mean you can control
> how quick the spring dampens?  It seems to me what folks want would be 
> an adjustment that allowed the springs to be stiffened. 

Yes, you are right.  Shocks dampen the oscillation of the springs.  And
adjustable shocks allow you to control "how quick the spring dampens", or
more precisely, allow you to adjust the damping factor of the spring/mass/shock
system.  It sure would be nice to be able to adjust the spring rate, but
that is much harder to do than adjust the shocks.
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