I cut my springs and flattened the end coils so they would seat properly in the saddle. I used the absolute bare minimum of heat to do that. I squished that last coil in a vise then heated until I thought I sensed that the tension was relaxed a bit. It appears my sense of that was right, as I did it- oh, has it been 6 or 7 years ago already?- with no sagging or breakage problems whatsoever.
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