Spring – Tension – RA830-052

A tension spring works by resisting being pulled apart, stretching under load and drawing the connected part back toward its seated or rest position, and this Raymond tension spring provides that return force within its assembly on a Raymond lift truck. Its coils are wound closed with hooked or looped ends that anchor to the two points it spans, so every extension stores energy the spring gives back as it draws the parts together again.

Steady, consistent tension is what keeps a mechanism returning cleanly and holding where it should through repeated cycles, whether it returns a linkage, a pedal, or a control to position. A tension spring loses free length, takes a set, or fails at a stretched or corroded end over time, and when it weakens the mechanism it serves returns slowly or no longer seats.

Replacing it restores the correct return action. Match the spring to the original by its free length, wire diameter, coil diameter, and end style, since a spring of the wrong rate or length will not return the mechanism with the right force or reach between its anchor points.