We wish we could tell you that torsion-bar springs are modern technology's answer to the quest for soft riding, long travel, and easily modified suspensions. When we were researching this story we ...

I recently wrote a piece discussing some of the basic differences between coil springs and leaf springs. But while putting the piece together, I ran into an interesting problem. Despite coil springs ...

Garage door springs do most of the heavy lifting every time your door opens or closes. When they weaken or snap, the entire system becomes unsafe and unpredictable. Knowing the difference between ...