Traveller rear door lock anti rattle springs

[moray]

Hi all,

My Traveller was missing the rear door locking rod anti rattle plates. They are unavailable new, and rare as hens teeth.
So I made my own. As they are a spring they should be made from spring steel so they spring back, and don't just bend.

While doing a google search on spring steel sheet, I found someone suggesting using the strapping thats used to tie bricks to pallets. I found some on the nature strip outside a building site and thought i'd give it a try.

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after about five minutes with tinsnips and a hammer we have this.
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Does anyone know how many should there be, two or four?

Cheers
Moray

[simmitc]

Very nice job, an excellent idea. There should be four, two top and two bottom, basically one for each guide.

[David W.]

You just solved my problem. I've been looking for one of these.
Thanks.
David

[MarkyB]

Nice job, worth remembering as a source of spring steel.