<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>Ric,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Taking them out is usually easier said than done when the springs are g= lued to the wippen.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How does one lower the tension on the springs, provided they can be rem= oved without major mangling?  Squash them?  Replacing them seems like t= he way to go.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just wondering.  I've been seeing lots of bobbling hammers lately.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/5/2005 3:48:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ricbrek@broadpark.no writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Hi Marcel<BR><BR>You just have to take them out, lower there tension (or use shorter <BR>springs if you like) and put them in again. Sounds like more w= ork then <BR>it really is.  Action on the bench, bridle straps unhooked a= nd perhaps <BR>an hour doing the job. At least thats the way I do it.  I= never found a <BR>tool that let you do this with the springs in place.<BR><BR>With good jack center pining, you dont need very much spring= tension at <BR>all. Certainly not more then the hammer butt can easily push  (via the <BR>jack top) out of the way as neccessary.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>