The little flat spring is easily manufactured from a piece of metal banding strap. First anneal the strap by getting a 3-1/2" piece of it red hot then gently cooling it from that temp by taking the torch away slowly so the red color dims down to red/brown, then finally goes dark. This should take 3 or four minutes. keep the thing cooling in that same way for another 2 to 3 min until the torch is not on it at all. Now the metal is as soft as you are going to get it without an annealing furnace, and far more time. Cut the strip with tin snips to the width of the original. The original spring is a bit too short, and they break. They were always flipping upside down in the slot, and ineffective (they were also riveted in, and pretty much useless. Make this one so that the runner part that slides on the rod is about 1-1/2" long, make the rounded bend and come back to the point that is in the middle of the runner part. use a duck bill pliers, or small tip needlenose pliers, and curl a hook to go on the pivot. Place the new spring on the existing pivot, without the rod in place. it should press down almost to the bottom of the slot. Now form the curl on the pivot nice and tight. (open end of main rounded part faces away from operator, so one's knuckles do not encounter the sharp end of the spring) When it is tight, temper the spring by heating it to red again, and quenching it immediatly with a glass of cold water. submerging it (if off the tractor) or dousing the water on it if installed. Wuth paint, it is good. JimN
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