How do you fix a Starter Spring?

WingingIt74 Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:15 am

I have a few that are a little distorted. How can I fix them? A few of them being reverse springs.

**Admin** Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:35 pm

I'm surprised no one has made a post yet, I have tried to fix starter springs before but nothing has really "restored" them to the original look. Besides trying to wind it backwards, the one thing I have tried a few years ago was to find a rod or tube that just fits inside a good spring starter. I took a distorted spring and pulled it onto the tube, I heated the spring up with a torch and I used a pliers to wind each "loop" backwards until it looked uniform. It still looked like hell so I never did it again, too much work for a spring I can order a new one.
lol!

WingingIt74 Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:36 pm

Ya, but the reverse springs you can't order.

crankbndr Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:55 pm

Found a few the other day.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271008484184?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_1413

**Admin** Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:01 pm

WingingIt74 wrote:Ya, but the reverse springs you can't order.

Oh, you need to fix reverse springs...hmm

gcb Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:35 am

The only ones I have repaired was to make it again usable with a needle-nosed pliers. Sorry, don't know how to make it pretty. I think the buy a new one is the best approach...or in the case of the reverse one, perhaps a request for a replacement will yield someone who has an extra.

Sorry, I have no reverse ones.

George