Bloody Spring!!!!!

[sdugg]

Please tell me there is an easy way of putting on a centre stand spring.
Tried stand up , scoot lent over , spring puller and then me not being strong enough to pull the bloody thing.
Any usefull tips....

[byron]

slot some pennies or washers in between a few of the coils, hook it over, then pull them out.
or fit the spring as you're fitting the stand

[bristolmod]

funnily enough I've just done a mates this afternoon.

1) Hook it on the top
2) put a strong screwdriver in the lower hook
3) Put the end of the screwdriver under the attachment on the stand
4) Pull the spring down using the stand attachment as a fulcrum
5) The lower hook of the spring will slip over the stand attachment

Be warned- the spring is strong and it may slip off the screwdriver. Mind your eyes/ body/ fingers- it hurts

Chris

[joespeed]

there is a proper tool for this ,it is like a screwdriver but the blade is curved,i personally use a screw driver guided by a pair of pliers ,when the spring 'twangs' so does your temper!
regards
joe

[coaster]

funnily enough I've just done a mates this afternoon.

1) Hook it on the top
2) put a strong screwdriver in the lower hook
3) Put the end of the screwdriver under the attachment on the stand
4) Pull the spring down using the stand attachment as a fulcrum
5) The lower hook of the spring will slip over the stand attachment

Be warned- the spring is strong and it may slip off the screwdriver. Mind your eyes/ body/ fingers- it hurts

Chris

This method works for me too but I'll be trying Byron's method next time I do it. cheers Jarv

[hydra]

As said already, by far the best way is to fit the spring to the stand and frame and then fit stand bolts.

[rog60]

As said already, by far the best way is to fit the spring to the stand and frame and then fit stand bolts.

Same here, by the time you've f**ked about with the spring you could have undone the stand bolts.

[Andy Pickering]

As said already, by far the best way is to fit the spring to the stand and frame and then fit stand bolts.

Same here, by the time you've f**ked about with the spring you could have undone the stand bolts.

Ditto...but I did use byrons method last year from his advise cheers byron..

[RBG]

I attach it before fitting the stand.

[simon]

I used a big screwdriver doing the series 2, it scraped the paint on the stand tho was to lazy to take the stand off