[T3] ] Inertia Reel Springs SOLVED

[Keith Park]

What I did was... 

Instead of winding the spring up fully (till its all wound around the center
and tight) when pulling the belt out and hoping that it will want to wind
back tight once you let the belt go I flipped the spring over, and started
with the spring wound up tight, then as the belt gets pulled out it loosens
it... when you go far enough it starts to want to wind itself back up again,
then go far enough so it will wind enough of the belt back into the reel to
suffice.

When you pull a spring cover, CAREFULLY note which way the spring is
wrapped, how its hooked into the plastic surround, try and get the cover off
without letting anything come loose or go kasprong, ill bet you find it
unwinds as you pull the belt out but I didn't have a virgin to confirm that.

Keith


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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 8:27 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] ] Inertia Reel Springs SOLVED

On 30 Jun 2012 at 21:13, Keith Park wrote:

> Well I tried light oil I tried Grease, then I took Jims suggestion and
tried
> a dry graphite lubricant.  What a mess!  

I think I would have done this OUTSIDE.  ;-)

> I figured, what do I have to lose, why not try UNWRAPPING the spring,
(going
> the other way)  ya know, piss it off, and after some jumbling the spring
> around and getting it loose in there WALLA!  When you pull the belt out
and
> it UNWRAPS the spring  (from the middle where the shaft is attached), it
> tries to wrap back up nicely and works perfectly now!  (I just flipped the
> spring over to do this)

I'm not sure I understand what you did. Did you wind the spring up 
backwards and then let it rewind in the original direction? I would 
have thought that winding backwards might cause a fatigue failure and 
broken the spring.

> This was getting to be an obsession... one of those things that I just had
> to finally figure out!

I'm in the same boat, but if you really have a solution, I'd like to 
know what it is.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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