Ah, that seems to be the key. I don't have an "anchor bar". My return
spring runs through a piece of metal that has a hole in it. One end of the
return spring runs through the hole, the other is looped onto the clutch
pedal. I can't remove the return spring from the hole because of the way
it's been inserted. I'd have to remove the entire brake/clutch pedal and
steering assembly. When they built it, I imagine the whole clutch/brake
pedal assembly was built up before being installed.

I was reading other sections of the service manual, and it talks about
inserting shims to stretch out springs. If that doesn't work, then a grade
8 bolt located near the current mounting location will probably work well.

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

Mike Romain (romainm@sympatico.ca) wrote on Sunday 17 April 2005 08:11 am:

> Hmmm..... If I remember right I put it on the pedal first, then it was
> an easy pull/push up to the anchor bar behind the dash. I do have a
> pair of needle nosed vise grips I use on springs so I could 'push' it up
> onto the bar.
>
> I don't remember it being difficult.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> 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.

 

I ended up pulling out the steering and brake/clutch pedal assembly. Once
out, it takes two seconds to attach the spring. Of course, if had attached
it right the first time, I wouldn't have done it twice today :(.

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

Mike Romain (romainm@sympatico.ca) wrote on Sunday 17 April 2005 08:11 am:

> Hmmm..... If I remember right I put it on the pedal first, then it was
> an easy pull/push up to the anchor bar behind the dash. I do have a
> pair of needle nosed vise grips I use on springs so I could 'push' it up
> onto the bar.
>
> I don't remember it being difficult.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> 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

 

I ended up pulling out the steering and brake/clutch pedal assembly. Once
out, it takes two seconds to attach the spring. Of course, if had attached
it right the first time, I wouldn't have done it twice today :(.

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

Mike Romain (romainm@sympatico.ca) wrote on Sunday 17 April 2005 08:11 am:

> Hmmm..... If I remember right I put it on the pedal first, then it was
> an easy pull/push up to the anchor bar behind the dash. I do have a
> pair of needle nosed vise grips I use on springs so I could 'push' it up
> onto the bar.
>
> I don't remember it being difficult.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> 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

 

I ended up pulling out the steering and brake/clutch pedal assembly. Once
out, it takes two seconds to attach the spring. Of course, if had attached
it right the first time, I wouldn't have done it twice today :(.

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

Mike Romain (romainm@sympatico.ca) wrote on Sunday 17 April 2005 08:11 am:

> Hmmm..... If I remember right I put it on the pedal first, then it was
> an easy pull/push up to the anchor bar behind the dash. I do have a
> pair of needle nosed vise grips I use on springs so I could 'push' it up
> onto the bar.
>
> I don't remember it being difficult.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> 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

 

I ended up pulling out the steering and brake/clutch pedal assembly. Once
out, it takes two seconds to attach the spring. Of course, if had attached
it right the first time, I wouldn't have done it twice today :(.

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

Mike Romain (romainm@sympatico.ca) wrote on Sunday 17 April 2005 08:11 am:

> Hmmm..... If I remember right I put it on the pedal first, then it was
> an easy pull/push up to the anchor bar behind the dash. I do have a
> pair of needle nosed vise grips I use on springs so I could 'push' it up
> onto the bar.
>
> I don't remember it being difficult.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> 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