I'm going to assume the 50 cal is the same, anyway here are the dimensions:12.5mm OD9.85mm ID1.41mm Wire diameterFree length: 96mmNumber of coils: 17So far I haven't been able to find any suitable off the shelf replacements. Please let me know if you do find one.
Quote from: realpolitik on August 23, 2012, 02:28:10 AMI'm going to assume the 50 cal is the same, anyway here are the dimensions:12.5mm OD9.85mm ID1.41mm Wire diameterFree length: 96mmNumber of coils: 17So far I haven't been able to find any suitable off the shelf replacements. Please let me know if you do find one.Taking a quick look at Mcmasters sight I found several that should work. I will figure the originals spring rate from the numbers you posted and take a look again. Right now Im off to a meeting.
Quote from: Rescue35 on August 23, 2012, 09:43:17 AMQuote from: realpolitik on August 23, 2012, 02:28:10 AMI'm going to assume the 50 cal is the same, anyway here are the dimensions:12.5mm OD9.85mm ID1.41mm Wire diameterFree length: 96mmNumber of coils: 17So far I haven't been able to find any suitable off the shelf replacements. Please let me know if you do find one.Taking a quick look at Mcmasters sight I found several that should work. I will figure the originals spring rate from the numbers you posted and take a look again. Right now Im off to a meeting.Some of the tuners were using the 707 spring and cutting it to length . In us measurements it is just over .500 OD. .380 ID , .060 wire , 6 coils per inch . What they did was trim it to length to were it would just chock .Marvin
Thank you Rescue35, wind a new one from music wire