Installing Door helper spring made easy!

[Wyley87]

I found a video this morning of a really simple way to install the door helper spring on my truck. Just thought i would share.

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[Texas Jim]

Cool...

 

[buRRp]

 

[Zembonez]

Thanks!

 

[Wyley87]

yea i thought so to. I tried it about 10 min ago but i never could get it small enouph. then it started raining. I'll try again here in a little while.

 

[Black02Silverado]

Sweet!

 

[Nick The Great]

That's a pretty cool trick!

 

[NMRam]

I did something very similar last time I had to change hinge pins on one of my GM's. I put the spring in a bench vise and squeezed it down tight. Slipped a zip-tie through it and tightened it down. I only used one zip-tie, not three. Got it in place, closed the door partially, then used dikes to snip the zip-tie. It worked pretty well, but I would recommend shielding your face when you cut the tie since it seemed like the spring MIGHT pop out to me.

 

[Wyley87]

Ok well it stopped raining outside long enouph for me to give it another try. I went through a whole stack of black zip ties and they kept breaking. I even tried using four to no avail. I then remembered from the video that he used white zip ties. I dunno if it really matters but i had some on hand and decided to give it yet another try. Using three of the white ties i was able to squeeze it down enough to barley fit in there. I little coercing with a screw driver and it went in then cut the ties. I haven't had that spring in there for almost two years and kept putting it off. So many times the door hit my leg from a gust of wind. But no more!

 

[Nick The Great]

Interesting. Maybe zip ties are color coded.