How the hell do I get it back on?

Lovedoctor · Post by **Lovedoctor** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:08 pm

The other day a spring popped off under my left foot. No idea where it came from - it just appeared

There didnt appear to be anything amiss on pedal feel from either the clutch or brake so carried on my merry way.

After closer inspection tonight the spring is off the the clutch - it sits behind the pedal. After contorting my body I cannot get the fekkin thing back on

Its nigh on impossible to get the purchase to compress the spring and put into place.

Any ideas?

Post by **indigolemon** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:12 pm

That spring is a total ballache. Fought with it for ages when I replaced the clutch master cylinder, can you get any form of grips in there?

Post by **Gayno** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:55 pm

Yep, I did this last year on mine.

After Confused spent best part of 15 mins upside down fighting with it, we swapped and I had it back on in about 2 mins!

You'll notice one side is a solid bar, the other side has a gap, so like a pin each side.

I found the trick is to put the side with the bar in the notch on the pedal. Then have a second person push down on the pedal to the floor (using a long stick, or their foot if you're comfortable with each other

) This gives the longest gap between notch and locating holes and so you don't have to compress the spring as much.

At this point, you should be able to pry one side into the locating hole relatively easily. Once the one side is in, the spring is now pretty compressed and the other side should pop in a piece of cake.

I'm not sure where you are, but if you're anywhere around Bristol and want a hand, just pop over

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:57 pm

just compress with cable ties then locate and cut them off

Lovedoctor · Post by **Lovedoctor** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:03 pm

Its tighter than a midgies chuff down there! I had to recline my seat back and go '69'. Even then I could only get one arm at it. I attempted to be unique. I dont have any clamps but found an exhaust clamp. it worked to an extent but as well as compressing down it compressed inwards

I take it you used some sort of clamp?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:04 pm

take the seat out sorted

Lovedoctor · Post by **Lovedoctor** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:05 pm

Gayno wrote:Yep, I did this last year on mine.

After Confused spent best part of 15 mins upside down fighting with it, we swapped and I had it back on in about 2 mins!

You'll notice one side is a solid bar, the other side has a gap, so like a pin each side.

I found the trick is to put the side with the bar in the notch on the pedal. Then have a second person push down on the pedal to the floor (using a long stick, or their foot if you're comfortable with each other ) This gives the longest gap between notch and locating holes and so you don't have to compress the spring as much.

At this point, you should be able to pry one side into the locating hole relatively easily. Once the one side is in, the spring is now pretty compressed and the other side should pop in a piece of cake.

I'm not sure where you are, but if you're anywhere around Bristol and want a hand, just pop over

Ah. Sorry my last reply was written one handed as my daughter is sleeping on the other. Time to involve the bro in law

Thanks for the offer mate but in Glasgow

Post by **Gayno** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:07 pm

Lovedoctor wrote:I take it you used some sort of clamp?

Nope, if you follow the method I put above, it can all be done by hand. The tick is having the pedal to the floor, as this makes the gap bigger and hence you don't need to compress the spring much at all, and how much is does need compressing can be done by hand.

This was done with seat in and reclined.

Post by **rob quilter** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:23 pm

mercutio wrote:take the seat out sorted

^^^^ This.

Takes 2 mins to whip the seat out.