Originally Posted by Twin Jimmys
If you look closely at the hinge with the "W" spring, you will probably see that it opens at a greater angle than the other hinge with the "C" spring. Probably best to change one hinge or the other to make them both the same either way. I just happen to buy a pair of NOS "W" springs on ebay about 2 weeks ago. They do come up from time to time. I would share if I did not have an immediate use for both. I have never tried the "C" springs in those hinges. Let us know if they work.


The "C" springs do not work. They are too loose and just basically lay in hinge without "snapping" into place. Plus, from what I see from other posts, two of those springs go in each hinge and there are no holes to receive another one unless I modify. I am going to play with making one until and if I find a "W" spring.

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