Centre stand spring

[WozzA]

I'm sure that this spring is so strong it would rip all the spokes out using that method..    I kid you not... it's super strong...   

[KiwiGF]

Is there a EASY method to replace the centre stand spring on a plunger?   

I tried all the various methods, but eventually gave up and made this. It works well enough to have been borrowed. The design is specific to the spring/stand (edit: swing arm) to ensure you can stretch the spring and then slip the ends over the 2 attachment points.

Some springs take a lot of force to stretch em 

Edit: to get an idea of the scale, I used 10mm threaded rod, the nuts are 16mm across flats.

[chaterlea25]

Hi Wozza,
The first time I did it was on a Commando, you could hang the World on one of those springs
Keep the wire tight to the rim, so pressure will not bend the spokes

John

[duTch]

 Ok so I lost sleep overnight on this, and as I have nothing better to do today than fix more things that I've not yet broken , I figured I better check my (false) facts..... first- the last thing I discovered is the spring is *SHORTER* in the *DOWN* position..... after I took the spring off and measured it... like I said, it broke so I bodged it and in the down position is actually swinging loose (as per pics) *note  to self/ shorten *, and is about 15mm longer than yours and I had a feeling that I first did it in the' down' position.... which makes it easier to use my ruler method (In theory)

 Yep- I'm full of it 

[RichardL]

A real man would just pinch the end between thumb and forefinger and pull it on.

Richard L.

[muskrat]

G'day John.
That's a great idea I never thought of.
Cheers

[duTch]

 

...A real man would just pinch the end between thumb and forefinger and pull it on...

 Well I did- but had a slight advantage

[mikeb]

inspired by this thread i just made the spreader in the pic. to fit springs on the a10 and the plunger b33 by going on the side of the spring. and i put that big fat jappa spring (second pic) on the a10 (swing arm) so it no longer clangs around.
still easier to get the springs off with the 'washer method'

[Peter in Aus]

inspired by this thread i just made the spreader in the pic. to fit springs on the a10 and the plunger b33 by going on the side of the spring. and i put that big fat jappa spring (second pic) on the a10 (swing arm) so it no longer clangs around.
still easier to get the springs off with the 'washer method'

Hi Mike, I'l bite! where do you fit that "jappa" spring (as you call it)?
Peter

[mikeb]

jappa  as in off a japanese bike from a wrecker. in place of the stretched a10 spring. its wider gauge than the original so i hope it doesn't fall off the upper peg. 3/8" shorter at rest

[WozzA]

   I spent a couple of hours in the shed today making EXACTLY the same type as Mikes.   and also discovered the previous owner had welded the side stand fixing point on backwards.  It folded FORWARD but only came a short distance backwards..

[Peter in Aus]

Mike will that jappa spring stretch to 185mm that is what it has to do for my A10 SA?

[mikeb]

so far it appears ok - see pic. when on stand (as in the pic) its stretched to about 160mm, so i guess is a little longer temporarily when putting the bike on the stand. it only went on today so only a few test trials to comment on - it isn't deformed yet and it holds the stand much firmer to the frame when up than the proper a10 spring did. again, this is a swing arm a10 (sorry if this is becoming a thread hijack)
i asked the wrecker for a honda 500/4 spring and he gave me a box of random springs to rummage through. so no idea what its from. time will tell if it lasts the distance.
and the spring stretcher above made it easy to fit

[muskrat]

G'day Mike.
Does he have the rest of the 500/4?
That's it I'll make one like that tomorrow. Useful on all bikes and other things (bed springs, I keep breaking them  ).
Cheers