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replacing the door spring on a 1949 chevy pickup

2K views 10 replies 5 participants last post by  MARTINSR 
#1 ·
can you replace the springs without taking the hinge apart. i really don't know how they go because my old one were gone.
 
#3 ·
I tried two methods to get that spring in on my 86 Camaro.
First, compress spring in vise, wire it compressed, transfer to hinge and cut wire...................fail. :pain:
Two, buy a special tool to clamp it compressed, transfer to hinge and release.............. fail. :pain:
The spring is waaay stronger than the tool.

Now I´m just very careful opening the doors, don´t let ´em swing.
 
#11 ·
I'm sorry but again, this is no throw away car, it was thirty or forty years before the doors sagged, I have to assume they wern't built to sell a new truck every thirty or forty years. If that was the plan they missed a lot of sales!

I understand there is a truth of some sort in that thought, but in this case it hasn't anything to do with those hinges wearing out, at least in my opinion.

Brian
 
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