In article 150flivver writes:
Those of you with TOST hooks, how do you track the number of times the
release is activated? As I understand it, the mechanism has to be rebuilt
when it's been exercised 10,000 times due to the main spring getting worn
out.

Somewhat in jest, one is tempted to ask if hooking the release handle out
when you release, so it stays pulled until you are ready to hook up next time
would save the operating cycle of the spring.

I doubt it, but it does seem like a rather severely limited lifetime. They
should be using better parts to make their releases last longer - a lot longer.

If I thought that a component in my car (say a spring in the brake system)
had that sort of limited lifetime, I would have bought a different car.

Alan