<div dir="auto">I knew a hammer would work:)<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Ira Erbs<br>1959 100-6<br>MKI engine and disc brakes<br>excuse typos and strange words my phone wants you to see.<br>Portland,OR</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 25, 2017 11:23 PM, "Mark Donaldson" <<a href="mailto:ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz">ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy">As Bob said, it can be a bit of a pain to
install. I've done several in recent years and I usually 'chase' around
the top of the spring with a wide-blade screwdriver, and repeated light taps
from a hammer, until it is snug inside. If your retainer spring is a new
after-market one and a bit oversize could you perhaps nip it up a little to a
slightly smaller diameter with a bit of gentle persuasion in a vice?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy">And, as Bob also mentioned, a third hand is
most useful in this job to make sure the spring doesn't do it's 'jack-in-a-box'
thing when it is ALMOST in place.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext"> Bob Spidell [mailto:<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>]
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 26 April 2017
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Healeys] Spring -
BJ8 Gearbox</span></font><font color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I
still have my original, and it's a bit of a pain to install--you need three
hands--but nothing like this. Can only suggest you may have to grind the
outer part of the 'last ring' to make it fit; doubt that would compromise
performance or strength very much.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Jean Caron <<a href="mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com" target="_blank">vintage_roadster_restoration@<wbr>hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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lately on a center shift 4 speed gearbox. I am replacing one now with a new
spring and I am having a difficult time with it. I have replaced several in the
past but cannot remember having such difficulty with it. It seems that the last
"ring" of the spring is too large and it does not want to go in its
place to fit the washer. Consequently I cannot even think of fitting the
circlip into its groove.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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