On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 06:19:40 -0700, warpedwoodturner wrote:

Phill:

I was not strong enough to do what you did so I built a strange jig
with two boards. One end may have been like board you used to push the
spring and 'cap' back on. The other end was cut to go in back of the
other pulley and around the shaft. I had three bolts and wing nuts in
the boards. I could then tighten the nuts to pull the boards
together and pull the spring tight. I wore a face shield since I
thought the whole thing might fly apart a foot from my face. But the
contraption did work for squeezing the spring tight enough so I could
get the ring pin (not sure if that term is correct) off and back on.
Perhaps 4 bolts would be safer. There is a lot of pressure on the
spring. I am not sure if this method is a good idea but it did work.
Some sort of gear puller might be safer.

pankr003

Actually, I used a board with a 1 3/8" hole, and a belt clamp looped
around each end of the board. Problem with a gear puller is that it
uses a central 'screw' to apply pressure, which wouldn't work in this
case.

Phil W.