Newton Hunt wrote: > I would take an appropriate tool and but a small bend in the spring > about the center to force the spring against onside of the post, or > the other. It will take VERY little bending and should take about > fifteen minutes for the entire set even after trying samples at > section ends. You want the spring just to touch the post, securely > enough to remove noise but not so hard as to impede spring > functioning. I tried doing this with a pair of needle-nosed pliers (right-angle and straight). Didn't work very well. Not much room to work with (there's not a whole lot of play between the coil and the tumbler). Also noticed that it seemed to take an inordinate amount of strength to get a good bite on the wire and, when the pliers slipped off, they crunched the teflon tumbler - not pretty. I even tried grabbing the coil and giving it a twist to take up the slack. No dice. You have to take the darned wippen out in order to do anything to that tumbler thingie. While you've got the wippen out, might as well fix it so you don't have to pull it apart again! I was tempted to return the tumblers to NY and see if they'd give me credit for them. -- Ron Torrella, RPT Ypsilanti, MI ----------------- FreeDSL Information - Updated! http://www-personal.umich.edu/~torrella/InfoPlease/HereItIs.html ----------------- "There's a difference between 'involved' and 'committed.' When providing ham and eggs for breakfast, the hen is involved. The pig is committed. (Milo Sturgis in Jonathan Kellerman's novel "Self-Defense")
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