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Title: Door Springs Wanted Post by: Ol_Girl_58 on March 06, 2010, 10:43:45 PM Hi all,
I am in need of the front left and right hand door springs for my FC. I am unsure how to describe them better than this - when the doors are open, the springs stop the doors from closing. Any leads appreciated. :) Kind regards, Josh Ol_Girl_58 Title: Re: Door Springs Wanted Post by: NO NAME on March 22, 2010, 11:40:19 PM i am pretty sure i saw these in american autos from rare spares, if i did its a new item becuase they didnt have them when i did my doors
Title: Re: Door Springs Wanted Post by: Martin on March 23, 2010, 10:39:24 AM Josh
There's a bit of a discussion here http://fefcholden.org.au/forum/index.php/topic,14399.0.html ($2) The contact person is now Steve Evers, not Jim I bought some of these springs but an mot really happy with the effectiveness of them - they are not quite the right shape. They needed to be squashed a bit as they bend was too high, but they also need more of a kink to hold the doors open, and probably a bit more of an upward angle. The problem was, I believe, that the guy who made them up never actually saw them in place and doing what they were supposed to do. Next time I have the doors off (long time in the future, I hope) I'll try to source some old hinges from somewhere and salvage whatever genuine springs I can find, then rivet them in. Each front door needs 2 springs (upper and lower) on one hinge per door. From what I've seen there is usually only one spring broken on most doors. That might mean the remaining one is a bit fragile, but at least it will work for a while. In addition, the top hinge is usually worn where the spring contacts it. Swap it with the lower hinge so the springs have full width metal to "grab". Martin Title: Re: Door Springs Wanted Post by: mcl1959 on March 23, 2010, 07:09:01 PM The best source of springs is HR - They are rarely broken (must use better quality steel) and are identical to FE FC.
Ken Title: Re: Door Springs Wanted Post by: Ol_Girl_58 on March 23, 2010, 09:24:54 PM Thanks Ken, Martin and Leon.
My car doesn't have any springs that I can fabricate, unfortunately. I'll keep an eye out. But for now, does anyone have a set of these springs, or at least a front left and right and a rear left and right, that I can use as a template to fabricate a set? Kind regards, Ol_Girl_58 Title: Re: Door Springs Wanted Post by: Martin on March 25, 2010, 12:40:46 PM Thanks Ken,
I might take a trip to U-Pull-It after the Nats. Are HD the same? Martin Title: Re: Door Springs Wanted Post by: mcl1959 on March 29, 2010, 04:51:26 PM Yes HD and HR
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