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Re: removing a spring from the pneumatic pump
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:01:39 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Robert G. Fay writes:
> You can work the spring off the top of the plunger by pulling on it and
> unscrewing it over the knob on the plunger. It will distort the spring
> slightly, but it can be reinstalled in a reverse manner and still work well.
You can also do the same off the side of the shaft - a variation of Mr. Fay's
technique which causes a bit less distortion. It's hard to describe, but if
you get a thumbnail under the very end of the spring-wire, you can pull the end
around the axle and to the left (holding the pump right side up) so you have
one loop of spring off the shaft. Now hold the bottom of the spring stationary,
and push the loose loop around the axle (to the left). Each time you go around
you should have one more loose loop until the whole spring is off. This way
you only stretch the permanently compressed ends of the spring, leaving the
functional coils in their original shape.
Phil
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 | | Re: removing a spring from the pneumatic pump
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| Good idea, Phil. Definitely a less destructive way to do it. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Ogston" <ogstonpj@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:FoI82r.I95@lugnet.com... (...) well. (...) Fay's (...) if (...) the end (...) have (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: removing a spring from the pneumatic pump
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| You can work the spring off the top of the plunger by pulling on it and unscrewing it over the knob on the plunger. It will distort the spring slightly, but it can be reinstalled in a reverse manner and still work well. -- Bob Fay (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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