Considering diy spring assist
 

I'm thinking about making my own spring assist for my 127. It looks pretty straight forward and I don't have the flow to blow right now. I figure I'd need an appropriate spring, weld a 1/2-13 nut to the end, get some 1/2" rod stock and bend it, fab up the brackets/u-by assembly. Some info that might help would be the length of the spring (coiled part only) and diameter, diameter of spring wire, length of the rod (measured along the bends, not just end to end), distance of bends relative to ends of rod. Also do the bends all lie within the same plane or are they out of plane? Thanks. Also, pics with ruler for reference would be great.

I don't know about welding a spring anytime we heated a spring to get the bolt out it wrecked the spring it unsprung its self

Isn't there a welded-in nut in the oem spring?

If the welded-in nut isn't an option, I'd consider trying a yoke-end and a spring with loops on both ends.

They weld on the nut before heat treat, difficult to duplicate at home!! :bigthink:

Here is what Ariens does, a chain in a tear-drop shaped hole.

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...psf5d3f859.jpg

Simply pull to the next link for more force. :biggrin2:

I like the "T" shaped handle at the end of the chain!! :bigeyes:

The warning below it tells you to only pull on the handle, so the chain and spring does not pull your hand through the hole!! :Forgot:

I love the "here's ur sign" warnings!