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[LagoonOwners] Re: Spring in Lagoon 380(#411) Guest Head Door Handle Broke

Rob #25395 开云体育 If this is a project you want to be once-and-done with, try looking for aircraft grade springs instead of your standard hardware junk ;-) Related: we had an employee crash his plane - while taxiing - because someone had replaced a rudder return spring with a hardware store variety. Spring failed, pedal would not lift, and he just kept turning right into a closed hanger. Propellor chewed thru doors and he stopped moving when the wings hit the doors… which was REALLY fortunate as the hangar held a collection of restored Corvettes so that’s when I learned that true “aircraft grade” truly means a MUCH higher quality. -Rob toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Feb 15, 2018, at 4:23 AM, captmattcfi@... [lagooncatowners] <lagooncatowners@...> wrote: One of my springs died last year and I was able to figure out that the latches are made by SouthCo and tracked down the latch mechanism. I purchased from a crazy website no one has ever heard of but it came and fit perfectly...only $85 for the latch vs. the $200+ for the entire assembly. Still way too much for a spring, but I couldn't figure out how to open the latch assembly to get the spring out to fix it. I imagine if you could, you could get a replacement spring at any old-timey hardware store. Maybe a?good locksmith shop could just replace the springs... Matt C. SV Independence

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