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Where to buy small springs.
Hi all,
I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Any ideas? Cheers, Colin. |
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"Colin Stamp" wrote in message news Hi all, I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Any ideas? May be a bit large in diameter but try "Halfords" (or another car factor) and ask for a brake shoe retaining kit. These are pretty cheap and include a spring, a sort of pin with a keyed end and a dimpled washer. Lots of cars use them and they are a readily available replacement bit. Halfords use to do them in the "odd and sods" kits. -- 73 Brian www.g8osn.org.uk |
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Brian Reay wrote: May be a bit large in diameter but try "Halfords" (or another car factor) and ask for a brake shoe retaining kit. These are pretty cheap and include a spring, a sort of pin with a keyed end and a dimpled washer. Lots of cars use them and they are a readily available replacement bit. Halfords use to do them in the "odd and sods" kits. They're rather large for M5 screws, though? -- *That's it! I‘m calling grandma! Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"Colin Stamp" wrote in message
news Hi all, I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Any ideas? Cheers, Colin. How about RS at http://www.rswww.com/ ? If you type "Compression Spring" in the search box you'll get a list of springs, some of which are quite close in size to what you're looking for. |
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Colin Stamp wrote:
I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Did you try Screwfix? ISTR seeing a 'selection pack' of springs in their catalogue. David |
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Hi all, I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Try http://www.springmasters.com/index.html they do mail order, -- Dave The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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Colin Stamp wrote:
Hi all, I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Any ideas? Cheers, Colin. Maplins do a 150 pack, type springs in their search box. -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:07:06 +0000, Colin Stamp
wrote: Hi all, I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Any ideas? Cheers, Colin. Thanks all for the help. I'd seen the selection packs in a few places. They look like they'd be handy for other stuff, but I'm guessing I'd have to be pretty lucky to get one with 6 of the springs I need in it. I hadn't even thought of trying RS. They do some that look like they might do, but are probably a bit on the light side. Checking the data sheet, they turn out to be made by Springmasters, who were one of the suggestions anyway, so I think I'll give them a ring on Monday. The 15 quid minimum order is a bit annoying, but I can always buy a selection pack to make the price up... Thanks again, Colin. |
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Colin Stamp wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:07:06 +0000, Colin Stamp wrote: Hi all, I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Any ideas? Cheers, Colin. Thanks all for the help. I'd seen the selection packs in a few places. They look like they'd be handy for other stuff, but I'm guessing I'd have to be pretty lucky to get one with 6 of the springs I need in it. I hadn't even thought of trying RS. They do some that look like they might do, but are probably a bit on the light side. Checking the data sheet, they turn out to be made by Springmasters, who were one of the suggestions anyway, so I think I'll give them a ring on Monday. The 15 quid minimum order is a bit annoying, but I can always buy a selection pack to make the price up... Thanks again, Colin. Visit a scrapyard and take as many off a car headlights as you can. -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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Colin Stamp wrote:
Hi all, I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Any ideas? Cheers, Colin. Have you tried eBay? e.g. http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/sear...ession+springs Mathew |
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In message , Colin Stamp
writes Hi all, I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Magic roundabout -- geoff |
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Colin Stamp wrote:
Hi all, I need six compression springs, about 20-30mm long and fairly stiff, to go over M5 screws. They're for some home-brew headlight aim adjusters. Looking online doesn't seem to be turning up anything suitable. I guess I need someone that does model engineering supplies or something like that, but a quick online search doesn't seem to be turning anything up. Any ideas? Cheers, Colin. Its easy enough to wind your won from steel wire. Model shops do it down to about 30 SWG and below that guitar strings work. |
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