I think I've used a needle nose pliers, or maybe a needle nose vice grips,
to hold the spring back.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?

> On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 14:59 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>
>>
>> that lock nut adjustment is goofy.
>> Jeff Stewart recently asked how to undo that ..
>> and he called it a cable even though it's a rod too.
>>
>> you either remove the throttle body from the plenum, and rotate the
>> whole throttle body to screw or unscrew in the rod,
>> OR you push that spring back on the end and undo the clip there ..
>> both ways are a hassle to do.
>
> As I've found. I can't figure out how to shove the spring back onto the
> adjusting rod far enough to snap the circlip back on. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
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> Rocky J Squirrel
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