RE: Springs never wear out!?

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> I remember reading somewhere that on a car, the springs "never"
> wear out (as opposed to the dampers). For the purpose of this
> discussion let's restrict oursleves to the first 150 K mi of a
> cars life and "normal" use. Any opinion on this?

Define "wear out".

I would say that a spring that has aged, and is sagging, is worn out (or
wearing out).  I've seen plenty of them on Alfas, particularly the rear
springs from the Spider/GTV/Berlina era.

My 02,

bs

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