Seat spring question

[mkbubs]

Has anyone replaced seat springs on '70 style bucket seats? Can you find replacements? Buy a roll of seat spring and bend it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[texas69bee]

Try this out.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=zig+zag+spring

 

[trimmer]

First photo shows someone's attempt to repair these springs.The rest of the photos show some of the tools used to make replacement parts and how they are repaired. I do not normally paint the springs but I painted these red so they can be seen in the photos.



Replacement spring sets are available. They are not cheap and I have never installed any that actually fit the seat it was purchased for without modifying them first. Then after being unhappy with the replacement units I just started making my own or repairing the original ones when possible.I bought tools and materials to do the work and so far have not found any that I couldn't duplicate. Hope this helps.

 

[Photon440]

Well done, and nice set of tools for bending. What type of steel wire is used for that?

Thanks for showing what's possible.

-=Photon440=-

 

[trimmer]

Well done, and nice set of tools for bending. What type of steel wire is used for that?

Thanks for showing what's possible.

-=Photon440=-

The steel rod is called edge wire in my area. It comes in 8 foot pieces and is used in many places on the average set of springs.We drive 85 miles one way to get it as shipping costs a lot more than the spring wire so we buy a bunch at a time. Also the zig-zag springs are of two thicknesses, the heavier one is used in the cushions and the lighter ones in the backrests. I have seen many times where the thin ones are used in both places.