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Carl Ijames[_8_] Carl Ijames[_8_] is offline
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Default Source for spring wire

We bought small springs from Lee Spring and Century Spring, over the years
at work. Both are online, and both will make customs if you need them. Can
you buy a replacement lockset from Porsche and then either rekey it or
scavenge it for parts :-)?

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Carl Ijames

"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote in message
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Larry Jaques wrote:

Are these standard springs for pin and tumbler locksets?


I don't know about 'standard'. I'm trying to rebuild some locksets used on
an old Porsche. Which is an oddball style key (BMW may have used these as
well).

I know the relaxed spring diameter (0.068"), length (0.277") and number of
turns (10). So if I could locate some with these dimensions, that would
probably do.

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