Hi gang.
Today, it was time to install the FSTS 635-1 tailspring into the WD 409 tailspring mount. It looked like an easy task, but it turned out to be the opposite...
Here, the tailspring is in place:
The bolt going through the mount and the spring didn't want go in all the way and here's why:
Here's a closer look. The holes in the mount and spring doesn't match at all. It's about 2-3 mm error beetween the two holes.
(The "golden spot" in the hole is the bottom of the bolt.)
We turned the spring 180* but that result wasn't any better.
We took the spring out again, leveled it in a wise and drew the centerline of the spring:
It looked like the hole is not drilled in the center of the spring, and here's a closer look to verify:
It's obvious that the hole is not drilled in the center of the spring.
We checked the hole in the mount in the fuse and love and behold: that hole is 100% correct drilled! Phew!
It seems to me that the pre-drilled hole in the tailspring is the cause of the hole mess. Since it's drilled off-center through the spring, it won't match up with the lower hole in the mount.
Here's the big questions: has any of you had the same problem? And what to do next?
Obvioussly I'll contact Vans but they probably won't reply until Monday, so in the meanwhile, it'll be interesting to hear what you guys say?
To me, the only sollution appears to be to get a new spring with the correct drilled hole?
Today, it was time to install the FSTS 635-1 tailspring into the WD 409 tailspring mount. It looked like an easy task, but it turned out to be the opposite...
Here, the tailspring is in place:
The bolt going through the mount and the spring didn't want go in all the way and here's why:
Here's a closer look. The holes in the mount and spring doesn't match at all. It's about 2-3 mm error beetween the two holes.
(The "golden spot" in the hole is the bottom of the bolt.)
We turned the spring 180* but that result wasn't any better.
We took the spring out again, leveled it in a wise and drew the centerline of the spring:
It looked like the hole is not drilled in the center of the spring, and here's a closer look to verify:
It's obvious that the hole is not drilled in the center of the spring.
We checked the hole in the mount in the fuse and love and behold: that hole is 100% correct drilled! Phew!
It seems to me that the pre-drilled hole in the tailspring is the cause of the hole mess. Since it's drilled off-center through the spring, it won't match up with the lower hole in the mount.
Here's the big questions: has any of you had the same problem? And what to do next?
Obvioussly I'll contact Vans but they probably won't reply until Monday, so in the meanwhile, it'll be interesting to hear what you guys say?
To me, the only sollution appears to be to get a new spring with the correct drilled hole?
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