Where to buy small springs.

May be a bit large in diameter but try "Halfords" (or another car factor) and ask for a brake shoe retaining kit. These are pretty cheap and include a spring, a sort of pin with a keyed end and a dimpled washer. Lots of cars use them and they are a readily available replacement bit. Halfords use to do them in the "odd and sods" kits.

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Did you try Screwfix? ISTR seeing a 'selection pack' of springs in their catalogue.

David

How about RS at

Try

They're rather large for M5 screws, though?

Maplins do a 150 pack, type springs in their search box.

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Thanks all for the help.

I'd seen the selection packs in a few places. They look like they'd be handy for other stuff, but I'm guessing I'd have to be pretty lucky to get one with 6 of the springs I need in it.

I hadn't even thought of trying RS. They do some that look like they might do, but are probably a bit on the light side. Checking the data sheet, they turn out to be made by Springmasters, who were one of the suggestions anyway, so I think I'll give them a ring on Monday. The 15 quid minimum order is a bit annoying, but I can always buy a selection pack to make the price up...

Thanks again,

Colin.

Visit a scrapyard and take as many off a car headlights as you can.

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Look in your Yellow Pages - under "Spring Mfrs & Suppliers"

try here

You're misquoting my post...

Anyway, I've used Lee before (not for mail order.) IIRC, they're not cheap for small quantites, but they'll definately have what you want.

Have you tried eBay?

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Its easy enough to wind your won from steel wire.

Model shops do it down to about 30 SWG and below that guitar strings work.