[AT] Bending a hook on a spring

[carl gogol]

Back in my youth my father had invested in a Joyrider seat for the farmall 
H.  Eventually one spring broke.  Our fix was to just slip several wraps of 
smooth fence wire through the mext coil in line and make a loop that 
mimicked the original eye of the spring.  The first time this happenes it is 
good for a couple of years or pretty heavy use.  Eventually the next coil 
will fatigue and break and you can do this again, but the interval before 
the next break will be about a year.  After the third or fourth break you 
should really try to get a new set of springs as the interval to failure is 
really short.  Joyrider springs may still be available, but I don't know 
where off hand.  Maybe the right thing to do is to thread the wire (or 
strap) through the second coil from the break and the stress would be 
significantly less.  Our experience says the coil that the wire is threaded 
through will be the one to break.  Good luck
Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
AC D14, 914H
JD 5320 MFWD
Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
Simplicity 7116H, 3112H
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Bending a hook on a spring


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