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HD11E return spring for brake

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Topic: HD11E return spring for brake

Posted By: Gargoyle
Subject: HD11E return spring for brake
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2015 at 11:01am

My left steering brake had a wonderful bungee cord acting as a return spring. I think that Earl Scheib owned this thing before I did.

Those springs are fairly stout and I can't see a way of getting enough leverage on a replacement spring to get it into place.

Aside from putting on a new bungee to replace the one that broke, is there a better fix? Or is there a trick to getting that spring on?

Replies:

Posted By: dustydoo
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2015 at 4:27pm

the easiest way I have found to attach a stout spring is to hook one loop of the spring in place the loop a length wire a couple feet long to other end and then you can pull the spring with quite a bit of leverage

Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2015 at 7:03pm

I actually have a truck air brake return spring set of pliers, works great for these as mine on the 7G are similar.

Posted By: Gargoyle
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2015 at 9:41am

I'll see if I can track down a set of those pliers.. If not I'll try the wire trick..