Here's my new spring setter...

[davee1]

Whipped this puppy up in anticipation of my 350M tune. 1/2-13 threaded rod, a few washers, flangenuts, and coupling nuts. Works great!!!

[snookman]

Looks simple, inexpensive, and will get the job done safety. What's not to love. Good work, Dave. snookman

[ezman604]

Yep, cheap and works great. Small cost for a large safety factor of working with a non-preloaded spring!!! Only difference in mine is I used a wing nut on one end.

Dave

[davee1]

I used a 1/2"-13 coupling nut, so I could use a 7/8 wrench for when the goin getstough. Right at coilbind, things get a little hard to turn...but all the coils line up nice and straight, and I let it sit for a few seconds, then undo the nut with my wrench.

Works much better than I thought it would!!!

[davee1]

Thanx Snook

[ezman604]

Yep, does get a little tough when you get down to the complete compression.

Excellent setup. I think I posted instructions on making one of these but Ididn't post apicture. Good job. Should savemembers some griefand injury!!!!

[chortdraw]

Wish I had this little item when I tried to put in a new spring in my Whisper the first time. I worked my but off trying to get the spring in my compressor. Great idea!!!

[davee1]

As a matter of fact Chortdraw, this idea came to mind while installing a spring in my Whisper too. I couldn't get the barrel off, so I ended up putting the whole action/barrel in my compressor...and it was a little more difficult that way. Then when the unset JM Tarantula came into play, it was even more difficult. The lightbulb in my head went on, and I knew I had to do something different, because My 350Ms are on the slate for lubetunes. They have really long unset mainsprings, and I wasnt going to try to undertake the task of stuffing an unset 350 spring with my compressor. Hence...the "springsetter"

Makes things a whole lot easier, works good, looks good, and seems very safe to me. I used the thickest threaded rod that would fit inside most of my springs. I also have another smaller sized setup for the smaller ID of the smaller springs.

I always wear safety glasses too, when using this puppy.

[Bogey]

Simple  but Effective.   What more can be asked for????

[doc035]

Looks great.  I hope you don't mind if I make a copy of it for myself.
Really nice and simple. It should get the job done.  Thanks for sharing.

[davee1]

By all means Doc...make your own. Thats why I share this stuff, so you can see, and make it too if you want. Somewhere in my travels, I saw someone else's too...and made my own.

[davee1]

I got all this stuff from Enco...and tried to go as heavy duty as possible...maybe overkill, but I like to build safe:

990-3196 1/2-13 threaded rod 3ft, alloy steel 4140B-7

319-7818 1/2-13 flanged nuts...qty 2

319-8048 1/2" bolt size washers 1 1/8 x 17/32 x 3/16...qty 4

319-7800 1/2-13 coupling nuts...qty 2

[jake]

clever idea!

[Als69GT]

You should cross drill the nut on the end and pin it so only one nut can back off. That will increase the safety factor as well. At HD and other hardware stores they sell an adaptor that fits into a drill and a socket will fit on the opposite end-3/8 or 1/2 drive. you can then turn the whole assy with a cordless or other drill and save your arms.

Al

[airiscool]

Double nutting like he has done will hold just as well and it's easier for anyone to assemble one.

I have one very much like he made that I've been using for 25 years to compress the very large center coil springs of finger spring type clutches I rebuild.

 I also work on aircraft style  air cooled antique auto enginess that have the crankcase  studs for the cylinder jugs of these motors originally designed to be double nutted. That method holds far better with the thermal expansion and vibration these motors get, than with lock washers, or even cotter pins and castliated nuts.

Paul.