At 03:13 PM 12/13/2011, John Lauterbach wrote: >override spring back on. I have the right e-clip ready to go, but I >can't push the spring in enough to leave enough space at the end of the >rod to put the e-clip on. Is there a special tool required to compress >the spring? Slip-joint pliers (or Vise Grips perhaps) at the extreme outer end of the spring, and more force than you think you can exert. It's a bugger, especially with cold hands. But I've managed it multiple times, including squeezing 3/32 brass rod around the slot (by nipping it with small sharp Vise Grips) in lieu of the vanished clip. Yours, David |
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