At 03:13 PM 12/13/2011, John Lauterbach wrote:
>override spring back on.  I have the right e-clip ready to go, but I
>can't push the spring in enough to leave enough space at the end of the
>rod to put the e-clip on.  Is there a special tool required to compress
>the spring?

Slip-joint pliers (or Vise Grips perhaps) at the extreme outer end of
the spring, and more force than you think you can exert.  It's a
bugger, especially with cold hands.  But I've managed it multiple
times, including squeezing 3/32 brass rod around the slot (by nipping
it with small sharp Vise Grips) in lieu of the vanished clip.

Yours,
David