[Spridgets] Rear brake Beehive spring / Steady spring

[Bob Spruck]

Having recently replaced my Bugeye brakes, I suffered through the same 
dilemma with those d**n beehive springs. For many hours, I am 
embarrassed to say. So, I fabricated a tool made from an appropriate 
diameter bolt that fits inside the I. D. of the spring with a slot cut 
in the end and engages the upper bent half of the hook. Also made a 
handle to fit my palm. All you have to do is insert the tool in the 
spring, push inward, and twist. You do need to figure out which way the 
inner hook is facing and where the opening in the bracket is.

I should patent it and make millions.

Bob


On 9/22/2018 2:59 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets wrote:
> I just redid my rear brakes on my Bugeye.  The tab with the hole in it 
> for the spring on the backing plate is at the 3 or 9 o'clock position 
> depending what side you are on.  There is a tool for the steady spring 
> that looks like a screwdriver with a cup on the end of the shaft.  The 
> rim of that cup has a tab on it that catches the steady spring 
> allowing you to turn it into position after it is compressed.  Just 
> push it in with the "hook" at the 12 o'clock position and turn 90 
> degrees to catch the hole in the tab on the backing plate.  Sounds 
> complicated, but once you have done one it gets easier.  Any parts 
> store should have brake tools.
> Mike MacLean
>
>
> On Saturday, September 22, 2018 7:06 AM, Lester via Spridgets 
> <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> Good Morning all,
>
> so I noticed that a rear tire was low.  A few weeks later I went to 
> fill it with air.  It had come loose from the rim, and mud daubers 
> (wasp here in the South) had built a nest between the tire and rim.
>
> Off comes the rim, this reveals a streak of brake fluid down the tire 
> and a puddle on the driveway.  This caused me to remove the shoes but 
> first, I had to remove that damned spring.  When last I installed 
> these, I stumbled on the fact that there is the easy way to install 
> them and a hard way.  The hard way takes 30 minutes and a lot of 
> cursing an prying while the easy way takes seconds.  does anyone 
> remember my easy way?  I sure don’t.  I vaguely recall that if you 
> just push the spring in oriented the correct way it snaps on to the 
> fitting on the backing plate.  But of course I don’t remember what 
> that orientation is although it “looks like” the hook in the spring 
> should be pointed outwards.
>
> What say you all?
>
> TIA,Lester
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