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Did you guys find that over long periods after the initial stretch it stopped or did it decay at a more constant rate? I only ask because my truck being old needed a front end boost when I got it. It is possible it was adjusted to be where it was but I'm not sure. The bolts didn't look like they had ever been touched.
Well, it eventually stops at time=infinity. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

For our experiments we projected out for a couple years life and it doesn't stop, just slows way down. However, I'm not sure how that would transfer over to room temperature and much less stress applications. I would have to guess that for practical purposes the tbars do not stop relaxing, but I could be wrong.

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Also, did you find anything on say a spring that was operated within one range and then much later operated in a more extreme range? Basically I'm fishing for info on our t-bars as we expand the travel windows of our trucks years after they were made.


We didn't do any tests like this, but I would guess that there would be no difference unless the tbar has strain hardened. But then again, maybe the tbars are strain hardening as they stress relax?

Steve
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