parking brake springs

[Lex_Ordo]

Anyone have a trick to attaching the small parking brake spring from the adjustment screw on the frame to the shoe on top of the drum?

It is awfully tight, and I'm sure someone has a trick to installing it.

*NOTE - I'm not talking about the long spring that goes from the arm to the frame.

 

[phil2968]

Magic?










Not really but it is a PITA!

 

[gimpyrobb]

I have a set of pliers that have a 90* bend at the tip. They work well in situations like that.

 

[tco3129]

My new spring went on relatively easy using just my hands. However it broke like the original in one day.

 

[Tinwoodsman]

I think my pliers are related to Gimp's

 

[Lex_Ordo]

NO worries, I used a hooked dent puller from my friend's shop, and it was small and thin enough to pull the spring right over the top of the bolt.