pipe springs how to get them on!?!

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YZHooligan

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hey guys
might sound like an easy Q but Ive never done it..how do i attach my springs from the pipe to the cylinder?? jus use some muscle like stretch armstrong?
cheers!

 

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sharky_101

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pretty much, pliers are your friend

 

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sixds

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i use the skate tightener i used to use when i was about 10

http://www.centerice.on.ca/images/lacetightener.jpg

i think you just need something with a hook at the end. i hate using pliers to take off pipe springs.

 

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2strokerfun

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I use needle nose and a popeye forearm. But an auto brake spring tool will work well.

 

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02yz426f

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long screwdriver will give you the leverage to really move it over to its place. Everytime I use pliers, I end up almost eating away at the hook for as many times as it slips out of my grasp.

 

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mideastrider

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I use needle nose pliers but if that don't work for you take a wire and loop it around the spring hook take both ends of the wire and wrap it around the shaft of a screwdriver and then just pull like a T-handle. Hook spring remove wire.

 

Mully

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http://www.joe250.com/images/spring_puller[1].jpg

I have several of them................

 

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_JOE_

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I use vise grips.

 

Someone

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_JOE_ said:

I use vise grips.

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Ditto.

 

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76GMC1500

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I take a short length of wire, tie one end off to the spring and the other I wrap around a screwdriver. Then, I just pull the spring on. I use the same process in reverse to remove the spring.

 

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DougRoost

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Spring puller from RockyMountainMC.com. Best $3 I ever spent.

 

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sharky_101

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sixds said:

i use the skate tightener i used to use when i was about 10

http://www.centerice.on.ca/images/lacetightener.jpg

i think you just need something with a hook at the end. i hate using pliers to take off pipe springs.

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i believe its talking about getting them on, excuse my smartass
anywho yeh screwdriver and/or pliers :cool:

 

sick 96 250

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vice grips here also, everytime I try to use needle nose or a screw driver I end up losing skin off my knuckles or forearm.

 

sick 96 250

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76GMC1500 said:

I take a short length of wire, tie one end off to the spring and the other I wrap around a screwdriver. Then, I just pull the spring on. I use the same process in reverse to remove the spring.

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What kind of wire are you using, I just cant see how this works easily? I assume you are connecting the wire to the spring at the opposite end of where its going to connect to the head?

 

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Low n Slow

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Clutch Cable & Vise Grips

I have a short (12") piece of nice thick clutch cable kinked in the middle such that it folds in half with a tight loop. I run the wire under the spring hook-end, pull it taut and grab both ends up close to the loop... clip the vise grips onto the cables without totally crushing it and I have formed a huge handle that I can easily leverage against the pipe (guarded by my hand) to pull the spring hook clear of the pipe loop. You only have to move the spring about 1/4" to get it off and maybe 1/2" to get it back on.

They make wonderful tools called spring hooks for a reason... they work. I like that the cable method because it gets me right up near the spring and no in-line high tension 6" to 9" away at the spring hook handle from pulling straight out the spring tools provide. My way keeps the drama to a minimum if the spring breaks while under tool tension. That and I just have to do things my way...