Ed,

Jerry's solution is probably the best for what you need. thumbs_up

Just for further edumacation, check out this link from another automotive site that some folks provided some alternative solutions:

Spring Thingy replacement solutions

Interested to see/know what you decided to use and how it worked??? pix


~ Dan
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