Originally Posted By: wingshooter16
It has been noted that at least in a compression application, a broken coil spring would still function, whereas a leaf type would not. It stands to reason though that the function would be affected by the broken coil spring being effectively shorter in length and thus stiffer?

Mike
It functions only because it is entrapped- no where to open to full uncompressed length-no other reason.

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