opened up the innovative WG
- Thread starter Falco
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I remember the first time I opened up an external gate with a HEAVY spring on it... almost broke my finger, shot the top of the gate across the garage.
The kids across the street learned new curse words that day.
Then i threw a wrench a zip code away, probably to be ran over by a lawnmower and shot at someone's ankle, in turn cursing ME out.
The kids across the street learned new curse words that day.
Then i threw a wrench a zip code away, probably to be ran over by a lawnmower and shot at someone's ankle, in turn cursing ME out.
TurboManiacal
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Remember kids...BG isn't a good person. He's evil...like the deevil some say.
GEN3Typhoon
New member
Huge... ?
I have a big gate.... (kind of the mine is bigger than yours thing)
I have a 60mm HKS GT Gate.... it is a monster.
I have a big gate.... (kind of the mine is bigger than yours thing)
I have a 60mm HKS GT Gate.... it is a monster.
GEN3Typhoon
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Resend it... we are having problems with our server here .. I have not gotten anything yet.
Ian Turgeon
Cascading Inspiration
falco, what spring rating are the two you have? I have the one on the left and mike was supposed to have included the 15# spring... I know its not gonna give me 15# base, but Im thinking I didnt get the right one.
What base did the both of them get?
I have pics of the inside of mine aswell.. Asked mike before dissasembling..."is it safe to remove the top of this thing.. is the spring gonna shoot the top at me?" Mike told me to forget about it and just take it apart.
It did however have a little tension to it. Nice stuff.. .too bad my cche dug into the pretty top a little.
What base did the both of them get?
I have pics of the inside of mine aswell.. Asked mike before dissasembling..."is it safe to remove the top of this thing.. is the spring gonna shoot the top at me?" Mike told me to forget about it and just take it apart.
It did however have a little tension to it. Nice stuff.. .too bad my cche dug into the pretty top a little.
ghettosled
SYTY SUPERSTORE
the springs are color co-ordinated. The blue means 15psi. The red is like 10psi or something like that. Ian if you did not get the 15psi spring, but want one let me know. If you want a higher base, I have been told to double them up.
If you have the regular wide spring, you can increase boost by tightening the allen key on the top pf the gate, or by replacing the spring. I remember yours Ian was supposed to have a 15psi base, so it sounds like ITS may have labeled your gate wrong and you didnt receive the correct spring. You probably got the 7-9psi spring. Let me know.
If you have the regular wide spring, you can increase boost by tightening the allen key on the top pf the gate, or by replacing the spring. I remember yours Ian was supposed to have a 15psi base, so it sounds like ITS may have labeled your gate wrong and you didnt receive the correct spring. You probably got the 7-9psi spring. Let me know.
Ian Turgeon
Cascading Inspiration
I remember you mentioning the color co-ordination but I couldnt spot any color indications on the spring. It is definately the bigger one in the above picture.
Falco
Donating Member
Ian,
The smaller with the larger diameter gave me the least base boost (7psi), the taller one gives me 11 psi. Will check it for color codes once I'm home again this evening.
Interesting suggestion to put both in. Mike, do you have any experience how much base boost could we get this way?
Later,
The smaller with the larger diameter gave me the least base boost (7psi), the taller one gives me 11 psi. Will check it for color codes once I'm home again this evening.
Interesting suggestion to put both in. Mike, do you have any experience how much base boost could we get this way?
Later,
myclone
Donating Member
FWIW dept..
I used a couple of longer allen head bolts to keep the "spring flying" thing from happening. Just take out two of the bolts that are around the top of the WG that are directly across from each other and replace em with the longer ones but dont tighten em, just "snug" them finger tight. Remove the rest of the allen bolts then slowly back out the two longer ones a few turns each at a time. You will notice when the spring tension is gone and can then just run the bolts all the way out.
Doing the above in reverse makes putting that 15psi base spring in 200% easier as you dont have all those loose parts/springs/whatever that are fighting you due to the spring pressure all the while you are trying to get a couple of the bolts started. I wrestled mine from one end of the work bench to the other putting in a 15psi base spring for a half hour before I figured that out.
Hopefully the above might save you from teaching the neighborhood kids how to cuss and how to throw tools :wink: .
Oh yeah, anyone else try to make out what the newspaper under the WG said? Looks like Greek to me :roll:
I used a couple of longer allen head bolts to keep the "spring flying" thing from happening. Just take out two of the bolts that are around the top of the WG that are directly across from each other and replace em with the longer ones but dont tighten em, just "snug" them finger tight. Remove the rest of the allen bolts then slowly back out the two longer ones a few turns each at a time. You will notice when the spring tension is gone and can then just run the bolts all the way out.
Doing the above in reverse makes putting that 15psi base spring in 200% easier as you dont have all those loose parts/springs/whatever that are fighting you due to the spring pressure all the while you are trying to get a couple of the bolts started. I wrestled mine from one end of the work bench to the other putting in a 15psi base spring for a half hour before I figured that out.
Hopefully the above might save you from teaching the neighborhood kids how to cuss and how to throw tools :wink: .
Oh yeah, anyone else try to make out what the newspaper under the WG said? Looks like Greek to me :roll:
ghettosled
SYTY SUPERSTORE
i dont have any first hand expirience with doubling the springs, so I cant really say. I will be at ITS today, so i will ask what they typically see for base boost with that spring combo.
ghettosled
SYTY SUPERSTORE
the short wide spring looks like the stock one which I dont believe is supposed to have any color markings on it.
ghettosled
SYTY SUPERSTORE
please keep us posted as to what the dual spring setup yields. The blue spring alone is supposed to be 15psi base, but things like backpressure and overall efficiency will have an effect on it.