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Chainsaw Spring for Safety Brake Handle

Chainsaw Spring for Safety Brake Handle. How is this replaced ? I can’t get that spring back into place as everything relies on the tension of the spring and the other metal components to ensure the Brake Handle works. The Chainsaw Spring sits in plastic mould that slots into metal pronged component (Photo, Yellow line indicates where the Spring has to sit)
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I can’t get that spring back into place as everything relies on the tension of the spring and the other metal components to ensure the Brake Handle works. The Chainsaw Spring sits in plastic mould that slots into metal pronged component (Photo, Yellow line indicates where the Spring has to sit). The colour Aqua, indicates metal posts, where other metal components slot into. These metal posts are removable, but this hasn’t helped with the ‘spring, tension factor.

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Hello NormK and Mowerfreak, Well, after trying with several tools to prise off the split washer, it wasn’t going to move. I’ve got an old Dawn Vice that belonged to my, dear dad. Holding the Chainsaw the edge of the split washer was secured between the jaws of the Vice and slowly it came off the shaft after using a back and forward pulling motion, so that’s some good news. The next was the Oil Bottle Tubing, got that all sorted out, and I’m now thinking this is going really well. I reassembled the Drive Sprocket (Googled removal of split washer, nothing found, then I spotted a Drive Sprocket – now I know what that’s called). I then placed the outer cover/casing back onto the Chainsaw, but it wasn’t sitting correctly. Removing cover a few times, I couldn’t see why the cover wasn’t sitting in place correctly, then the thin steel rod that runs from the hand trigger to the safety handle dropped out of the hole, it’s supposed to sit in, it now get worse, as this then released the pressure on the Brake Handle, the spring (a very strong spring) drops out and the mechanism, is now in more dismantled pieces. Thank goodness for Photos, at least I know where things go, but now I can’t get that spring back into place as everything relies on the tension of the spring and the other metal components to ensure the Brake Handle works. The Chainsaw Spring sits in plastic mould that slots into metal pronged component (Gallery Photo, Yellow line indicates where the Spring has to sit). Yellow indicates where Spring sits, colour Aqua, indicates metal posts, where other metal components slot into. These metal posts are removable, but this hasn’t helped with the ‘spring, tension factor. Next weekend is coming up, just ran out of time this weekend, but I would appreciate your input as I don’t now how anyone could have the strength of get all these parts back together again when such tension is required. P.S... yep, I’ve got the photos for you. Oh, this has been, an all day event today, and I need your help and advice again. Kindest regards, Sherrie

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Sorry, Sherrie, I can't make out how the spring should be positioned. I take it the spring needs to be compressed before it is positioned properly? What about the other half of the body? Is there a place for the spring to be compressed to fit on there? I so wish I had this in my hands or could find a wreck to examine. RE: you having to start new photos in the gallery, to show us, you should be able to post photos in the original thread using attachment manager. I have had dramas in the past where the attachment manager wouldn't permit photos of any size when it normally permits a certain specified size. I had to contact the moderators and they corrected the issue the next day. This site has presented quite a few problems like that for me since the changes last year. For instance, when tick the keep me signed in box, it doesn't make any difference and I have to sign back in on each visit.


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Ok Sherrie, you mean I have to pull the one I threw out, out of the rubbish bin? It isn't the same but similar.I will look at it tomorrow


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