denny Registered user Joined Nov 5, 2010 Messages 462 Reaction score 0 Location Istanbul May 20, 2012 #1 Got a set with the springs but I can't get the feckers on...I know stuff with springs can be a bitch to get on (XT660 centre stand was a mutha ) but I failed miserably on this occasion. Any tips??! Cheers
Got a set with the springs but I can't get the feckers on...I know stuff with springs can be a bitch to get on (XT660 centre stand was a mutha ) but I failed miserably on this occasion. Any tips??! Cheers
Timolgra reformed UKGSer Subscriber Joined Sep 8, 2002 Messages 33,921 Reaction score 7 Location ..... May 20, 2012 #2 Perseverance, failing that squeeze the ends together in a vice and put a cable tie round the arms of the spring
Perseverance, failing that squeeze the ends together in a vice and put a cable tie round the arms of the spring
illustratedman Registered user Joined Aug 19, 2005 Messages 721 Reaction score 0 Location whitstable kent uk May 20, 2012 #3 Get a spring puller, try tooledup, good for tools
denny Registered user Joined Nov 5, 2010 Messages 462 Reaction score 0 Location Istanbul May 21, 2012 #4 Timolgra said: Perseverance, failing that squeeze the ends together in a vice and put a cable tie round the arms of the spring Click to expand... Nice, like the sound of that. Thank you...again illustratedman said: Get a spring puller, try tooledup, good for tools Click to expand... It's a case of squeezing (while swearing a lot) rather than pulling with these springs.
Timolgra said: Perseverance, failing that squeeze the ends together in a vice and put a cable tie round the arms of the spring Click to expand... Nice, like the sound of that. Thank you...again illustratedman said: Get a spring puller, try tooledup, good for tools Click to expand... It's a case of squeezing (while swearing a lot) rather than pulling with these springs.
Black Rooster Well-known member UKGSer Subscriber Joined Jun 15, 2011 Messages 557 Reaction score 0 Location Alexandria, Scotland May 21, 2012 #5 did you get the migsel springs too ?
uncle dick Well-known member UKGSer Subscriber Joined Oct 4, 2009 Messages 1,552 Reaction score 0 Location Devon, England May 21, 2012 #6 I bought the Migsel springs but had to grind the ends down as they were too long for the hole in the footpeg bracket. Easy enough after that.
I bought the Migsel springs but had to grind the ends down as they were too long for the hole in the footpeg bracket. Easy enough after that.
denny Registered user Joined Nov 5, 2010 Messages 462 Reaction score 0 Location Istanbul May 21, 2012 #7 Right, just got an email from the man himself...keep trying...
Grim Rider Registered user Joined Oct 5, 2008 Messages 1,057 Reaction score 0 Location Codsall May 21, 2012 #8 I seem to remember a combination of screwdriver, molegrips and hammer did the trick, good luck
g00ner Well-known member UKGSer Subscriber Joined Apr 29, 2010 Messages 4,307 Reaction score 359 Location Quite a long way from the top Aug 15, 2018 #9 I wasted an hour or two this afternoon trying to fit a pair of these - twatting things