<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: butt spring replacement with photo</title></head><body> <div>At 2:20 pm -0500 30/8/06, daniel carlton wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>can someone tell me the best way to replace hammer butt springs in a kimball? it looks like some type of cloth that holds the spring in place. how do i get it out? what do i use to replace the cloth? (i have the springs from Schaff already)</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Cut through the cord with a scalpel blade each side of the spring coils; remove the broken spring, push out the cord from the sides towards the middle using the flattened end of a wire or centre pin; buy some butt spring cord.</div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p0624061ec11ba614724f@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> <div>If the cord comes without a pointed end ready made, remove the yarns from the centre for about 2", soak the remaining braid 'tube' with glue and twist it tight to give you a thin hard end to feed through the holes and the spring.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Adjust the coils of the spring before installing so that the spring ends up at a right angle to the shank as in the picture.</div> <div><br></div> <div>JD</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> </body> </html>