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2004 Forester Hill Holder Spring

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#1 ·
Does anyone have a source for the spring on the hill holder mechanism? The one on mine rotted off today, leaving me stranded in a parking lot with the brakes locked up. I disabled the mechanism by disconnecting the cable and learned that a replacement spring is NA from the dealer. It comes with a whole new unit for $194.00!
 
#4 ·
Thanks,
My local dealer gave me a used one off one of their parts cars to use as a model. I found a spring at Ace Hardware. It had smaller diameter wire and smaller diameter coils and had to be cut and formed to proper length, but has similar hand felt tension.
I may just leave the hill holder disabled. Getting stuck like that in the parking lot spoiled an otherwise nice day.
 
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