Who's got 2x military wrap?

[crawlin60]

Here I'm trying to digest some excellent tri tip steak, and to get off my stupor I'm going to consult the collective:
I'm getting a new pair of leaves made at Alcan, SOA this time and Tom advised me that 2x military wrap (at ea/end) is NOT advisable due to binding when flexed. I thought OME came that way already, standard. Please set me straight if it's not so, or if you have had it (wrap at both ends) and know better...
Thanks

 

[cruiseroutfit]

OME are single mil-wrap, assuming your not considering the mainleaf as a wrap.

 

[60wag]

The only double mil wrapped springs I've ever seen were on a er, ah, military vehicle. It was a Korean war vintage Mash ambulance truck. Both ends of both the front and rear spring packs had the wrap on both the first and second leaves.

 

[Mark W]

I;ve seen mil-wraps on... military rigs... and some other heavy duty setups.

A correct mil-wrap is an oval, not a circle and it will be wide/long enough that it doesn't bind as the leafs move in relation to each other.


Mark...

 

[Tapage]

OME are single mil-wrap, assuming your not considering the mainleaf as a wrap.

yap at both ends ..

In my case are not a problem .. I read in one 4WOR mag that the wrap issue comes from for SO stups have better function if the wrap comes up to down ..