[T3] Inertia Reel Springs

Dave Hall dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk
Sat Jun 30 06:09:29 PDT 2012


What about using WD40?   ;-) 

Joking apart, it transformed my steel tape - still retracting after several
years.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 30 June 2012 13:17
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Inertia Reel Springs

On 29 Jun 2012 at 22:53, Keith Park wrote:

> Im trying to rejuvenate a passenger front inertia reel for the Crate 
> and the spring seems to be, well. not springy anymore.

Unless it rusted, I don't see any way that the steel could change, unless
you made the mistake of winding it up backwards. I think the problem is with
our choice of lubrication; I have this problem, too. 
It's likely that some sort of dry lube would be the best choice, otherwise
they tend to stick to each other and not want to unwind. 
When the spring is wound up tight, it doesn't take much "stickyness" 
per inch to hold the whole thing inert.  

It's possible that there was a dry lube on there from the factory and we
made the mistake of cleaning it off without realizing what it was.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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