quick question. ive looked for this spring tool and no luck. do you have a part # and where you got yours. the spring on my drivers front door fell out and still looking for good way to reinstall the stupid thing.

 

I just had the same thing happen to me last month. I used a C clamp & about 10 zip ties put the zip ties in first leaving one coil at each end out. Then compress the spring tightened the zip ties as I went used needle nose locking pliers to hold the spring in place & then cut the zip ties was easy & took only 5 mi. Good luck

 

I just found out theres one about 15min away from me. I went there for the first time a few months ago.

 

Same thing happend to me. Opened my door one day and the spring fell to the ground. I haven't tried putting it back in cause it looks too hard without a spring compressor. This probably happened about 3 months ago and my door still opens and closes fine (won't stay open on it's own of course) but until my door falls off I'm just gonna leave the spring out

 

im still waiting for some info on this compressor tool people are talking about.
i could make my own tool but if its only $5.00 from harbor freight. then i would rather buy it. its cheaper than i could make the stupid thing.
any help will be appreciated.

 

What is amazing is how little time it took to actually look this up for you... Something you could have done days ago rather than wait for someone else to do it for you...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95344

The search term "door spring" turned it up. Happened to be the first phrase I thought of.

 

sorry about that. ive looked on their site i dont know how many times. ive even called and asked them about it but. i guess i didnt ask the right questions.
thanks again.

 

I know this thread is a little old, but just had to replace my door pins and bushings. I had a hell of a time with the spring, and no hardware store around had a door hinge spring compressor. Then, I stumbled across this site...and this solution worked like a charm. You can make your own spring compressor for about $5 at your local hardware store. Here is the link!!! enjoy!!
http://www.astrosafari.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8363

 

compress the spring in a vise, wire the spring together, hold spring in place, cut wire

 

I know this thread is a little old, but in case anyone is still looking, the link Swartlkk provided has been changed by Harbor Freight. It now links to a garden hose of some type. The new link is GM Vehicle Door Spring Tool