Locking Bolt Spring help

ithacaartist · 11-10-2017, 06:45 PM

If you can get the nose of the lever's shaft started over the spring, it should fit. It is more usual than not to encounter great resistance from the spring. The shaft must travel along the same axis it winds up on when in place. The spring might be small, but it is stiff--big-time. Before removing any material from the spring--with a fine diamond needle file--it's best to first give the installation your best efforts while the frame is clamped into a padded vice, and some padded small vise grips to hold the lever firmly enough to control its orientation positively. Banging the shaft into place with the padded mallet won''t work at all unless it remains lined up!

11-10-2017, 06:45 PM	#8
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,401 Thanks: 7,561 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	If you can get the nose of the lever's shaft started over the spring, it should fit. It is more usual than not to encounter great resistance from the spring. The shaft must travel along the same axis it winds up on when in place. The spring might be small, but it is stiff--big-time. Before removing any material from the spring--with a fine diamond needle file--it's best to first give the installation your best efforts while the frame is clamped into a padded vice, and some padded small vise grips to hold the lever firmly enough to control its orientation positively. Banging the shaft into place with the padded mallet won''t work at all unless it remains lined up! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894