window regulator springs

[robert dick]

City

chelmsford

State

MA

i am still looking for a couple of window regulator springs,for a 36 supposed to be the same all the way to 48.
please reply to: rbrt36@comcast.net

 

[Crestliner]

i am still looking for a couple of window regulator springs,for a 36 supposed to be the same all the way to 48.
please reply to: rbrt36@comcast.net

No they are NOT the same. 36 has 2 springs and 40-48 has 1.

 

[robert dick]

Hi
i know the later models have only one spring, but it is the same as used in 1936.

 

[barnstuf]

I have in front of me a 1936 regulator and a 1941-48 regulator. Yes, the later one has one spring and the earlier has two springs. That is not the point however. The one spring in the later regulator is thicker which presumably makes it stronger. However the spring certainly looks interchangable as to size with the earlier ones. The catalog of the maker of replacement springs indicate they fit 1928 thru 1948. Yes, they probably interchange but they were not originally of the same thickness. Obviously a thinner spring may not last as long in a regulator where Henry originally used a heftier spring.

 

[Crestliner]

I believe the 2 springs being equal thickness, makes the window stay in place where the crank leaves it. The new springs listed it catalogs are made overseas, and we all know about the quality of products we get now.