Phil, The cover was why I used the rag, I could stuff it in and when the spring caught I could pull it out. Triumph springs are much easier to do as you can assemble them and put tension on them and then install them back in the motor. I enjoy working with springs, the mess I do not enjoy.
Steve > Steve: > > I thought about something like that, but the barrel on my Standard D has a > round metal plate that covers the spring on the open end. I thought about > leaving the cover off, but I didn't like the idea of omitting original > parts. I am beginning to think that the little hole in the back of the > barrel was there to enable one to use a tool to push the spring coils in > as > I did to get the spring to hook. I often wondered what that was for.
