All,

I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal is
removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.

The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp onto
the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar for
about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.

This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

 

Did you get it figured out yet? I remember mine being a pain, but it only
took a few minutes to get it right. Seems like I was able to install mine
with pliers and a good pull.


"Michael White" <michael12@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:f_i8e.7602$An2.4099@newsread2.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> All,
>
> I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
> Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
> pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
> pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal
> is
> removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
> straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.
>
> The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp
> onto
> the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
> large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar
> for
> about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
> has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.
>
> This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
> thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
> Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

 

Did you get it figured out yet? I remember mine being a pain, but it only
took a few minutes to get it right. Seems like I was able to install mine
with pliers and a good pull.


"Michael White" <michael12@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:f_i8e.7602$An2.4099@newsread2.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> All,
>
> I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
> Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
> pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
> pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal
> is
> removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
> straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.
>
> The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp
> onto
> the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
> large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar
> for
> about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
> has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.
>
> This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
> thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
> Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

 

Did you get it figured out yet? I remember mine being a pain, but it only
took a few minutes to get it right. Seems like I was able to install mine
with pliers and a good pull.


"Michael White" <michael12@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:f_i8e.7602$An2.4099@newsread2.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> All,
>
> I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
> Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
> pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
> pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal
> is
> removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
> straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.
>
> The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp
> onto
> the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
> large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar
> for
> about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
> has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.
>
> This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
> thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
> Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

 

Did you get it figured out yet? I remember mine being a pain, but it only
took a few minutes to get it right. Seems like I was able to install mine
with pliers and a good pull.


"Michael White" <michael12@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:f_i8e.7602$An2.4099@newsread2.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> All,
>
> I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
> Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
> pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
> pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal
> is
> removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
> straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.
>
> The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp
> onto
> the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
> large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar
> for
> about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
> has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.
>
> This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
> thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
> Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

 

You don't know what a clutch pedal return spring is until you seen
a helper spring on a muscle car:
http://www.----------.com/helperspring.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Michael White wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
> Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
> pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
> pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal is
> removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
> straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.
>
> The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp onto
> the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
> large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar for
> about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
> has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.
>
> This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
> thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
> Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

 

You don't know what a clutch pedal return spring is until you seen
a helper spring on a muscle car:
http://www.----------.com/helperspring.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Michael White wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
> Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
> pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
> pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal is
> removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
> straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.
>
> The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp onto
> the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
> large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar for
> about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
> has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.
>
> This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
> thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
> Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

 

You don't know what a clutch pedal return spring is until you seen
a helper spring on a muscle car:
http://www.----------.com/helperspring.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Michael White wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
> Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
> pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
> pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal is
> removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
> straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.
>
> The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp onto
> the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
> large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar for
> about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
> has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.
>
> This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
> thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
> Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

 

You don't know what a clutch pedal return spring is until you seen
a helper spring on a muscle car:
http://www.----------.com/helperspring.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Michael White wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
> Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
> pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
> pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal is
> removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
> straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.
>
> The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp onto
> the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
> large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar for
> about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
> has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.
>
> This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
> thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
> Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

 

How did you finagle yours so you could "pull"? Even after removing the fuse
box, there doesn't seem to be any way to get behind the spring and pull.
The best I can seem to get is push or pry.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer

Rusted (no@email.com) wrote on Sunday 17 April 2005 01:19 am:

> Did you get it figured out yet? I remember mine being a pain, but it only
> took a few minutes to get it right. Seems like I was able to install mine
> with pliers and a good pull.
>
>
> "Michael White" <michael12@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:f_i8e.7602$An2.4099@newsread2.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
>> All,
>>
>> I'm having difficulties re-installing the clutch return spring on my '82
>> Scrambler. The spring I'm referring to is the one attached to the clutch
>> pedal on the inside of the Jeep. It still needs to be attached to the
>> pedal. Trying to connect the spring to the clutch pedal while the pedal
>> is
>> removed is not workable. The pedal needs to be slid onto the shaft
>> straight, otherwise the needle bearings pop out.
>>
>> The only way I see to put the return spring onto the pedal is to clamp
>> onto
>> the return spring with a pair of vise grips and then pry with a really
>> large pry bar on the vise grips. I've been working with an 18" pry bar
>> for
>> about an hour or so, and gotten close a couple of times, but the pry bar
>> has a tendency to slip off the vise grips.
>>
>> This is really starting to **** me off, and it's already turned what I
>> thought would be a two hour job into an all day job (so much for my
>> Saturday -again-). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.