How to replace a brake pedal spring on 82 series

[sawdustdad]

I installed this spring by hooking it at the front, and using a piece of stout twine that I fished through the frame and out the back. Pulled the string from behind the tractor and hooked the end on the frame. Remove twine.

[Sam Mac]

Yep they can be a bit of a PITA. What I do is to use a piece of safety wire, I make a loop on one end, then fish it in from the back of the frame, hook it to the spring and pull the spring to the rear and hook it to where it needs to be hooked. The safety wire I use is the stuff they use to safety wire bolts on race cars. Takes about 30 seconds. Hope this helps.

[red56turbo]

Originally Posted by finsruskw

Get a length of 1/4" or 3/16" rod or very stiff #9 wire and bend a small hook in one end and a handle of sorts on the other to hang on to. Make it long enough to have room to get a good grip on it. Vice grips on spring steel is a good way to shorten the life of the spring and/or break the end off.

Waa Laa!! Instant custom tool!!

Works for me

Originally Posted by Mike McKown

This is similar to what I made. I got a stiff 3/16" rod about 2' long. Flattened one end and drilled a hole through it. Bent a handle on the other end.

Hooked the spring through the end of the rod, attached the spring to the tractor at the front and then pulled to the rear on the spring and hooked really simple and easy.

This was on a Cyclops with the rear fenders and gas tank removed.

I concur. This is similar to what I use and it works great.

[Cub Cadet 123]

That is certainly what I wanted to hear/read, different ideas on accomplishing this task. I like hearing/reading these options because I certainly was not coming up with any solution to my problem. Glad to see the result when great problem solvers approach a task in different ways--THANKS GUYS!!

Cub Cadet 123

[dale c.]

I straightened out a coat hanger bent a hook at one end with a T handle bent at the other end works great and everyone has coat hangers