Triumphrat

11-27-2006, 03:08 PM

Please help an idiot, I need to fit a centre stand spring; brute strength and ignorance has not worked. Does anyone know if some kind of spring extender gizmo exists? Thanks in anticipation. colin :???:

DickBender · 11-28-2006, 05:03 AM

hook a loop of strong string to it and pull. don't get your hands in the way.
darcy

TonyD · 11-28-2006, 06:42 PM

I used a nail/tack puller - the kind that looks like a screwdriver, but with a 'V' shaped tip. With the stand in the raised position, spring attached, I used it to push each strand of the hook at the other end of the spring over the retainer on the bracket. For extra pressure, I extended the length of the tool handle with a piece of old aluminium tubing I found.

daveforty · 11-29-2006, 07:01 AM

Hold one end of the spring in a vice. Bend the spring and insert suitable sized washers where there is a gap between coils, bend the spring in the opposite direction and insert more washers in the gaps. Install the spring on the bike, pull the washers out.

11-29-2006, 02:26 PM

Very many thanks all. Looped a strong cable tie on one end and inserted a long handle in loop as a lever-result.

colin

TonyD · 11-29-2006, 04:01 PM

Nice one, Colin. I'll try that myself next time I encounter the problem.

bigern2300 · 11-29-2006, 07:34 PM

Motion pro makes a nifty t-handled device for fitting springs on exhaust pipes. Sort of a mini meat hook.