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Title: Bottle door spring tension Post by: rogerz on February 10, 2008, 08:39:24 pm Hey all,
How do you put extra spring tension in a bottle door spring? :help: I'm working on a Cavalier USS 64 and the bottle door needs a little more tension to close it. Thanks rz Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: Pat Pixley on February 10, 2008, 08:51:51 pm Hey Roger Are the hinges real loss. I would think they should just snap shut. :smile:
Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: rogerz on February 10, 2008, 08:54:44 pm Hey Pat,
No they are not real loose. They snap shut when the door is off but when I mount the door it doesn't want to close firmly. Do I just have to replace them? rz Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: Pat Pixley on February 10, 2008, 09:22:17 pm Have you tryed to ajusted the Hinges moving them out or in alittle
Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: rogerz on February 10, 2008, 09:28:57 pm When I took the door back off I did move the hinges out
because they seemed to be in too far. I'll try putting the door back on since you brought it up, maybe that was holding it up. Thanks rz Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: loman4ec on February 10, 2008, 10:30:49 pm If they are really loose you may be able to wind them one more time. It is hard though and if you wind then too much they distort.
Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: Pat Pixley on February 10, 2008, 10:45:40 pm Josh is right you could do that and it is very tough do do.
If moving the hinges does not work give this a try myself I would go the site and plead with every one here to get a set of hinges. :hopefull: Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: bubba on February 11, 2008, 06:59:22 am Funtronics sells new bottle door springs for that machine. I had a broken one of one of my USS-64's... MAybe one is broken?
Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: MoonDawg on February 11, 2008, 11:27:54 am Re-winding the spring is easier if the two plates are screwed into wood, freeing
your hands to wind the spring and push in the pin. Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: collecture on February 11, 2008, 12:27:32 pm Re-winding the spring is easier if the two plates are screwed into wood, freeing your hands to wind the spring and push in the pin. Would make a great addition to the 'Tips and Tutorials' section! Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: Jim on February 12, 2008, 12:48:10 pm Glen,
Do you have a photo of this concept as I'd like to include this in the Tutorials Section as mentioned by Tom...? Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: MoonDawg on February 12, 2008, 03:31:09 pm Not yet but will take some photo's shortly
Title: Re: Bottle door spring tension Post by: rogerz on February 13, 2008, 12:38:10 am Thanks all
I found one spring was real lazy so I used on off of another door. Then the other spring seemed kinda lazy so I put another round in it. It did distort a little but looks and works okay. Thanks for the advice rz |