On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:46:15 -0500, Bob Engelhardt
wrote:

When a garage door spring broke the other day, I fashioned a "fix" for
it by bending a piece of strap iron:
http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhar...DoorSpring.jpg

Does anybody have any experience with this approach and can tell me how
well it's going to work? So far so good, but I'm a little nervous about it.

Thanks,
Bob
At least put a hose clamp around it.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada