Strut question for 74 super

[Eatoniashoprat]

Originally Posted by Humble

Is it a helper or tender spring? A helper spring is usually very light (around 10#), easily compresses, and is only used to keep the main spring seated at full droop. A tender spring is a fair bit heavier and used to make a dual rate spring basically. A tender spring might be 50-70# and easily compress during high load but would smooth out the jarring ride of the main spring around town.

I didn't realize the difference in terminology I thought they were called the same thing, my bad.