Door Hinge Spring 'S' Shape...Installation.

[chrohm]

I've heard of people installing these while the door is still on the truck.
I bought 86' C10 recently and the driver side was missing this spring, I bought the 'S' "hold door open" spring and have fiddled with getting it into place and have almost given up.

Is there a good method to doing this; tool?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

[spencer_41188]

you need a door spring compressor search it on google images so you know what it looks like ... id swing by one of the auto parts stores and see if they got a lowner and put it on in the parking lot

[chrohm]

Originally Posted by spencer_41188

you need a door spring compressor search it on google images so you know what it looks like ... id swing by one of the auto parts stores and see if they got a lowner and put it on in the parking lot

all the spring compressors i've seen were for coil door springs...haven't seen anything like that for an S spring

[blakeduren]

I did this with a pry bar and a dead blow hammer on my suburban. Both springs were missing when i bought the truck. I got ones from the junkyard. No problem.

[spencer_41188]

well i took a look at my truck and it looks lik the fender has to come off to get to it but 2 cressent wrenches to twist it enough should slip right in

[76/85 Truck]

I tried putting it on without taking the door off, with no success. I ended up taking the door off and using a pry bar to slip the spring into the slots. It's still holding up after I used an Oxy-Acetylene welder to put the spring back together.