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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 02:27:01 GMT
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Good idea, Phil. Definitely a less destructive way to do it.
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Bob Fay
rfay@we.mediaone.net
The Shop
http://www.geocities.com/bobfay_98
"Philip Ogston" <ogstonpj@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:FoI82r.I95@lugnet.com...
> 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.
> >
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> 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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| (...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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