Originally Posted by
Smalldog
Mine is missing...
any idea of the length and pressure so I can source a spring? Or know of a source for one? Thanks!
The GM part number started out as 5673012 then was superseded by 386789. Tried to find one online with no success. One may turn up for sale on eBay etc with continued searching. It's not a maintenance part that wears out, so it wasn't stocked very much.
These spring nos were also used in other Buicks, some Chevies and Olds as well. Most usage was in the '64-68 period only in non-tilt columns. The spring could turn up where someone is parting out one of these cars. There's always the salvage yards too.
Some Chevy catalogs show the free length as 1-3/32" and also as 1.01". ID is given as 0.77". Could not find anything on wire diameter, number of turns, or spring force rate.
What has been, can be again. (Bob Wills, 1942)
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