kev91

I saw your post regarding a spring for your Noma.  You might want to check out a place called Cormier Equipment  in Canada as they show a spring murray # 787266 it gives the measurements as 5 3/8", Coil 3 1/4" and a dia. of 1/2" which I believe would be the actual length of your spring.  Their web page show a photo of the spring and it's second from the bottom of the page.  They have a toll free # as well as a web site.  The link is http://www.c-equipment.com/snowblower-murray-misc.html.

I hope this works out for you and also if you take note of the Cormier spring photo it shows the curved ends in the opposite directions of each other not in the same direction as your photo shows.  I believe that they are designed to be in opposite directions, (1.) it puts less tension on the coil so it's twisted and (2.) it also make it easier to install the spring onto the body of the machine and then to the brake arm.  I could be wrong, but all of the springs that I have seen for blowers have them made that way.