ChrisM_110 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Out in the rain today for new rear shoes on an 89 One Ten. Anyone got any tips for getting the arsing top [long red] springs in? I'm doing the usual trick of assembling the shoes off the drum, but can't get the springs in. Any attempt to bend the hooks open a bit ends in metal-pinging-eye-poking-thumb stabbing metal shard disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 last time I did mine, I put the shoes over the hub, fitted the springs, then got the shoe lower ends in the correct location & used a long lever to prise the top of the shoes into place in the cylinder ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM_110 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 I splashed out on genuine springs, as the old ones were pretty ropey, and just can't seat the little swines in their little holes. I've tried both methods before of fitting shoes, and either is fine, it's just these spring eyes won't go into their little holes in the shoe. Sod it, I'll use a lump hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM_110 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 Sorted after much hammering. Dumped the genuine LR springs, and fitted some Britpart ones. Went in easy as pie. First and only time a Britpart part has made my life in any way easier. Ground a little of the LR springs hook ends, ready for the spares box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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