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How do I reinstall a coil spring in High Wall ? (Read 1237 times)

Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 663 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	How do I reinstall a coil spring in High Wall ? Oct 29^th, 2021 at 5:59pm	Print Post
	Disassembling anything goes much faster and smoother than assembling. I sent a breech block and hammer out to be refinished. I reinstalled the coil spring over the hammer and pinned the hammer in the breech block. How in the heck do I get the 90-degree spring ends back into the holes ? ! Any help is appreciated … Joe


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2368 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: How do I reinstall a coil spring in High Wall ? Reply #1 - Oct 29^th, 2021 at 11:41pm	Print Post
	Joe, I'm looking for a photo of it but can't find it at the moment. Take a smaller flat blade screwdriver, about a 1/4" wide blade, grind or file a v-notch in the middle, it works well for holding the spring as you chase the hole. Greg

	"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk" T. A. Edison "The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right" M.T.
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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2368 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: How do I reinstall a coil spring in High Wall ? Reply #2 - Oct 29^th, 2021 at 11:47pm	Print Post
	maybe these will help

	"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk" T. A. Edison "The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right" M.T.
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JerryH Frequent Elocutionist Offline ASSRA Member #10876 Posts: 1327 Location: Easton, CA Joined: Nov 9^th, 2014	Re: How do I reinstall a coil spring in High Wall ? Reply #3 - Oct 30^th, 2021 at 12:44am	Print Post
	That works exactly. That's how I do it, right or wrong. Jerry

	I'm not a complete idiot, some of my parts are missing.
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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 663 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Re: How do I reinstall a coil spring in High Wall ? Reply #4 - Oct 30^th, 2021 at 8:52pm	Print Post
	Thanks Greg! I made a tool like yours and had the spring in with a few minutes thanks again! … Joe


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4164 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: How do I reinstall a coil spring in High Wall ? Reply #5 - Nov 13^th, 2021 at 12:06pm	Print Post
	There are only two considerations to this process, getting the spring oriented properly as shown in the picture, and having a tool to manipulate those ends into their holes. As Jo Do discovered, it’s easy peasy from there. I used to hate coil spring actions, but they do work reliably for a very long time once they’re assembled correctly. Froggie


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