[TR] TR4A outside door handles

[Cliff Hansen]

Yay!  I found music wire at a RC hobby store, $2 for 12 feet, makes a very 
nice spring.

Now to find that microscopic spring that sprang out of the wiper switch I 
hope to repair into whonoswhere in the shop.

Cliff


-----Original Message----- 
From: Randall
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 10:48 AM
To: 'Cliff Hansen' ; 'list Triumph'
Subject: RE: [TR] TR4A outside door handles


> The springs are small gauge (0.015b
), 3 coils, about
> 0.8b
 inside
> diameter.  Anybody know how to locate a suitable replacement?

I see that MMC offers to locate torsion springs to your specification. 
Doesn't give pricing, but might not be too bad.
http://www.mcmaster.com/?m=true#torsion-springs/=s3u1ja
(scroll to the bottom)

>  Ibve looked
> locally for spring wire to make my own, without success.

I have found spring wire (aka piano wire) at my local Orchard Supply 
Hardware (OSH).  But MMC also carries the wire, if you can't
find it locally.
http://www.mcmaster.com/?m=true#piano-wire/=s3u2id

Or it would likely be cheaper at Amazon, if you happen to have Amazon Prime 
(and don't live near a MMC warehouse).
http://tinyurl.com/p4qa7ec

Randall