Now that the springs have been formed to shape- attaching them.
Couple pics showing spring clips.
The style I use are called "BW Clips" they have a solid sleeve with a wax paper liner that helps prevent metal to metal squeaking once clamped.
There is a $50 tool to close them, but i've always just used a regular pair of pliars.
I like to squeeze just a hair on the inside "leg" of the C before I put them on and close up, helps for a tight joint.
and Finally some pics of the completed lower cushion spring parts installed.
In cases where a spring is fairly short and complex- i will completely form up a new spring and remove the whole original one.
In other cases like the front corner springs- these springs have the compression bend in the front, and then continue flat all the way to the rear of the seat- the break was in the compression section- so I usually replicate the compression bend section and then clamp it onto remaining good springs rather than replace the whole thing.
When you are clamping one spring onto another, i like to have 3 "bars" overlap that i can clamp onto.
You don't WELD springs to repair them.
Spring steel gets brittle when you do that and it will snap in the future.
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