When I went looking for brake return springs for my Super H, I could not find a spring that was an exact match for the original. Every spring was a little bigger or smaller around, was a little longer or shorter, had the wrong type of hook on the end, used a different diameter wire...
I searched industrial spring supply houses. I searched the Internet. There was nothing out there exactly the same.
Eventually, I settled for a standard spring off the rack at the local hardware store. In fact, I was able to make both springs out of a single $4 spring with a bolt cutter and a pair of vise grips. They work, and if you didn't know any better you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
Frankly, I don't think you're going to find the scientific specifications of an OEM IH spring. IH didn't publish that information, presumably because they couldn't see a need for it. If you wanted a brake return spring for a 140, you went up to the parts guy and asked for a brake return spring for a 140, not a "30-turn, .156 diameter wire spring with a .6375 end hook and a spring constant of 3.6." (MADE UP SPECIFICATIONS)
If you want original, buy original. IMHO, it's under the platform; nobody's gonna see it if you use hardware store springs.
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