Peter Ryner wrote:
>I've done this procedure and it works well. The only difficulty you'll have
>is coming up with a tool that will compress the springs while you put the
>new keepers on. You can buy one from Auto Zone etc., but as I remember,
>they were too large for the small springs on the TR. I ended up making one
>myself from some soft steel and it worked well.
>
I have done this with a compressor made of wood... a 1x4 I think. It
was handy and an approriate sized hole allowed plenty of room to pluck
out the keepers in spite of the thickness of the board. Made it nice
and long so I had a lot of leverage for compressing the springs.
Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
64 TR4
Mt Lemmon, AZ
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