Center stand springs

Loncar · Post by **Loncar** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 5:52 pm

hi
just received a couple of new springs for my center stand - but.....how do a change them????
iv tryed everything i think - but i cant strech them so they can catch the smal hook.

any sugestions?

loncar

schrader7032 · Post by **schrader7032** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:38 pm

Pennies! Google on how to do this. Here's one youtube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzJf2PRTJH0

Here's another way using a lever action; this is the way that brake spring pliers are used:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTaXQ37z2GQ

Might be hard if you don't have enough room to work under the bike.

miller6997 · Post by **miller6997** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:47 pm

For those who are a little more daring with their currency, nickels work just as well or better than pennies.

butch housman · Post by **butch housman** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:52 pm

hello loncar & greetings from Kentucky

I've tried the coin approach but was not too impressed. The springs may be more difficult to manage on ur bike than on mine but I finally just locked onto them w/ a big set of Vise Grips & pulled them on. Not too clever but effective in my case.
Good luck,
Butch

Matteo · Post by **Matteo** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:54 pm

I had the same issue and here is what worked for me. I got a Philips screwdriver with a relatively long shaft. I hooked the spring to the transmission and the free end to the screwdriver shaft. I used the notch of the Phillips to sit on the boss on the center stand. I was careful and the srewdriver didn't slip. As I leveraged the screwdriver to stretch the spring and slowly move the spring up shaft and got it onto the boss.

miller6997 · Post by **miller6997** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:10 pm

The coins between the coils is so dead simple and easy. Why struggle?

Loncar · Post by **Loncar** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 4:46 pm

Thanx I'll try the coins first and then the screwdriver

R.D.Green · Post by **R.D.Green** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 4:18 pm

If you try the coins, here's how it worked best for me. Stand the spring straight up in your bench vise. Bend it over to either side to make space between the coils on the opposite side. Insert a coin as close to the bottom of the spring as possible. Then bend it over in the opposite direction and do the same. Keep going like this until you've stretched it far enough. If you insert all the coins on the same side of the spring, you'll end up with a circular, not a straight, spring. Works like a charm.

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Center stand springs

Center stand springs

Pennies! Google on how to do

Or nickels...

hello loncar & greetings from

I had the same issue and here

But.....

Thanx I'll try the coins

If you try the coins, here's