Re: [T3] Broken seat spring

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

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

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