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Old 05-08-2008, 07:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
roncallo
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Originally Posted by daryn View Post

Does anyone know what this little spring does? it isn't a coil but a piece of bent copper
They allow the dissipation of static electricity through an alternate path to the bearings. Bearings don't like to be used as a cunductive passage as it produces arcing however small and pits the bearings
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