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JeffH

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:30 am
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93 suburban k2500 4x4

Does anyone know the trick to compressing door springs so you can get
them back in? This is the spring that pushes the lever against the peg
so that the door will tend to not flop all over the place when opened.
I replaced the bushings in the the door but was unable to get the
spring back into place.

Thanks,
--Jeff

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tom

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:01 pm
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go to autozone or Advance auto parts and BUY the tool


JeffH wrote:
> 93 suburban k2500 4x4
>
> Does anyone know the trick to compressing door springs so you can get
> them back in? This is the spring that pushes the lever against the peg
> so that the door will tend to not flop all over the place when opened.
> I replaced the bushings in the the door but was unable to get the
> spring back into place.
>
> Thanks,
> --Jeff

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:58 pm
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>,
JeffH <jjhenze DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:

> 93 suburban k2500 4x4
>
> Does anyone know the trick to compressing door springs so you can get
> them back in? This is the spring that pushes the lever against the peg
> so that the door will tend to not flop all over the place when opened.
> I replaced the bushings in the the door but was unable to get the
> spring back into place.
>
> Thanks,
> --Jeff

http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/ta87675.html
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Raymond Sirois

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:53 pm
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On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:30:50 -0800 (PST), JeffH <jjhenze RemoveThis @gmail.com>, in
an obviously impaired state, wrote:

>
>93 suburban k2500 4x4
>
>Does anyone know the trick to compressing door springs so you can get
>them back in? This is the spring that pushes the lever against the peg
>so that the door will tend to not flop all over the place when opened.
>I replaced the bushings in the the door but was unable to get the
>spring back into place.
>
>Thanks,
>--Jeff

Bought a tool at Autozone that does the job. It's called a Door
Spring Compressor (I know, who'd have thought it, right?). Cost less
than $20.
--
Ray Sirois
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
http://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6080
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6023
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JeffH

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:20 am
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Thanks all - knowing now that there's a simple tool to do this job,
I'll run out and grab one. I had assumed there wasn't and that there
was some trick to it.

Thanks,
--Jeff
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