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On 27 Dec 2005 at 23:51, Constantino Tobio wrote: > I've found one broken spring in my driver's seat- > specifically the left front. I remember my first fasty had this same > spring broken. This spring seems to get a lot of abuse from the driver > exiting or entering the vehicle. > > It looks to be a bit of a pain to swap out, and what would I swap it out > with? Any ideas out there? I'm guessing that this is one of the later, 72-3 seats, as those are the only ones I've ever seen with broken springs. Unfortunately, on those years, broken springs are pretty common; the construction is much poorer than on the earlier years. It's possible that I might have a donor seat, but I really can't get to it right now. There used to be an upholestry shop here in town which had a selection of springs, so you might want to look for a suitable replacement. The springs are crimped in place, so you would need to undo the crimped tube and either replace or reuse it. A shop that did upholestry would probably know what to do. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~