I've got a columbia portable which I'm saving from the scrap, someone in the past overwound the motor and seems to have really deformed the spring, so I'm looking for a new spring, or spring barrel, or whole replacement motor, can't put too much money into it, but just seeing if anyone has anything in their parts pile, I've a motor I could take some springs from but it's a shame to take apart a complete motor
Wanted: Columbia 5A motor Spring (barrel?)
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Re: Wanted: Columbia 5A motor Spring (barrel?)
What have you got to loose by reshaping the spring to wrap snugly around the shaft, as it should? If there's no other spring issues it's actually a common problem and common repair.
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Re: Wanted: Columbia 5A motor Spring (barrel?)
True, I'll give it a go tomorrow, I believe there's a bit of damage that a small file should put back to shapeJerryVan wrote:What have you got to loose by reshaping the spring to wrap snugly around the shaft, as it should? If there's no other spring issues it's actually a common problem and common repair.