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Does anyone know a good or quick or good and quick method to get the spring to snag the post on the Quill Feed Assembly? Nothing is damaged, just can not seem to get the spring to catch.
ldh

I have had luck bending the spring inward so that it interferes slightly with the shaft. I insert the shaft into the spring housing with the pin in the shaft 180 from the slot/hole and rotate the shaft clockwise into the slot.

Good luck.

Thanks for the advice Rob. I just needed a little more patience and it finally caught the pin and I was able to get it all back together without further problems. The previous owner had put the spherical washer in backwards such that when you tightened the quill the handle ground into the case. It had been quite a while since I had a quill feed assembly our and I probably got in a bit of a hurry.

I'm off to try installing my new quill feed assembly. I gave up on patience trying to get the old unit's pin to contact the spring.
Watch, now I'll tinker with it and the thing will go right in.
Hopefully I'll get the washer right. I noticed it after it fell to the ground.
Maybe some trial & error here.

When I got my mk5 the spring was broken about 1/2" short of the little hook.
I took the whole spring out and held the broken end in a pair of vice grips about 1" in and wrapped the remainder in an old cloth then heated the exposed broken end with a small burner until it went cherry color. The vice grips acting like a heat block so as not to de-temper the remaining spring. I ground a slight V shape on the worked end and then with a pair of pliers bent the end back to about the same estimated angle of the broken piece. I reassembled and everything basically fell into place. I have not had any more problems with it but only 'wind the spring up' to about 2 1/4 turns when replacing the quill.
Works for me.
Regards
Sandy

Sandy,
Does the spring twirl the other way 'round Down Under? Any other oddities? [tee hee]

nuhobby wrote:Sandy,
Does the spring twirl the other way 'round Down Under? Any other oddities? [tee hee]

Naw mine twirls the best way to make it work. I think.
Maybe you should come over for an inspection - I've still got a pair of magnetic shoes to keep your feet on the ground.

sandyj wrote:Naw mine twirls the best way to make it work. I think.
Maybe you should come over for an inspection - I've still got a pair of magnetic shoes to keep your feet on the ground.

Don't do it nuhobby; even if the magnetic shoes keep your feet on the ground, your hair will hang straight down (up).

[quote="a1gutterman"]Don't do it nuhobby]

Yeh and your money will fall out of you pockets!