Simon,
> I found one hinge spring leg was loose again, but this time the other
> (long) leg. So now I had 2 short legs on one hinge!
> There are no traces of breaking on the legs. This gave me an idea on how
> the legs could get short: Over time the spring rolls-up on the axis of
> the screen-lid.( Caused by lack of grease and wear on the axis?)
> So not a production fault, some emate are suffering from, but something
> that can happen to all emates over time.
A really interesting observation! I have never seen any evidence of breakage
so assumed the legs might have been short to start with but this could well
be the problem.
Either way the best thing is to try and firmly clamp the legs of the spring
so they cannot move again and I have had good results using the "creased
washer" solution. Is this what you did or was it just the plain washer?
If you have a pic of your repair that would be very useful.
Ideally, the triangular clamp option described in my fix should be used to
prevent any further movement but they are tricky to make. I might
investigate producing a batch of these after some experiments.
Thanks,
Joel.
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