Coil-sprung suspension is a low-stiction, low-maintenance approach to suspending your mountain bike, with less heat build-up than air suspension. However, unlike air suspension (where you just ...

Preload is the minimum amount of force that ensures smooth and tight movement between parts in a power-transmission assembly by eliminating gaps and slop. A myriad of mechanisms require preloaded ...

This is the second of two reports. See Push/Pull Method for Preloading 2-TS Spindles: Why Preload? Preload force is very sensitive to the preload dimensional setting. The setting tolerance for a 2-TS ...