I'm using bear claw door latches at each rear corner of the tilt nose> on my car. They work well but the problem is that the nose (fiberglass)> is much heavier than a door, not to mention it opens up instead of out, so > when the latches are popped, the springs aren't heavy enough to push> the pin up out of the jaws the nose just sits there. I could rig up > another spring to keep constant upward pressure on the nose so it would > pop when the latches are released and it would probably work ok but > keeping constant pressure on the 'glass & latch pin doesn't inspire a lot > of confidence. Conversely, it looks like the spring in the bearclaw latch > itself isn't actually activated until the latch is popped, so there is no > pressure on the pin itself under normal conditions when the nose is down > and latched. Has anyone changed these springs for heavier ones?>

thanks,> Bill>

I'm using bear claw door latches at each rear corner of the tilt nose> on my car. They work well but the problem is that the nose (fiberglass)> is much heavier than a door, not to mention it opens up instead of out,> so when the latches are popped, the springs aren't heavy enough to push> the pin up out of the jaws the nose just sits there. I could rig up> another spring to keep constant upward pressure on the nose so it would> pop when the latches are released and it would probably work ok but> keeping constant pressure on the 'glass & latch pin doesn't inspire a> lot of confidence. Conversely, it looks like the spring in the bearclaw> latch itself isn't actually activated until the latch is popped, so> there is no pressure on the pin itself under normal conditions when the> nose is down and latched. Has anyone changed these springs for heavier> ones?>

thanks,> Bill>