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A few suggestions that might save you having to replace the turnouts: I've never had a problem with my hand thrown N scale Peco turnout springs, but that's not to say it can't happen. I did have lots of trouble with dirt getting into the points and preventing them from contacting the stock rails. Have you tried swiping a folded piece of 600 or 1000 grit emery paper (available from auto parts stores) through the points when closed against the stock rails to clean the crud off? Peco makes an electrical contact attachment for the turnout motor which duplicates the points electrical contact and makes it reliable even when the points do get dirty. Finally, if the springs are coming loose, it might be possible to make a new latch mechanism by gluing small magnets to the motors in a position that allows a moving magnet on the actuator to pull against stationary magnets or steel screws to latch the points tightly, yet still release to the opposite position when the turnout is thrown. Radio Shack and craft stores sell very small but powerful 'rare earth' magnets. This should solve your problem permanently without having to replace entire turnouts. Good luck.
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