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Originally Posted by Danny D'Amico View Post
It's interesting that that indicates that the circumferential forces must
have been greatest at the site of the breakage.
No, the forces in the torsion spring were uniform all along it's length prior to the breakage.

The speed of rotation of the two sections of spring as it unwound was highest at the point of breakage.