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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 150218, member: 25&quot;]Let down keys are a luxury, you can use a normal key if you are careful to allow the click to re-engage before changing grip on the key, or you can weld or braze a key to a metal cylinder to make your own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once the barrel is out of the clock, removing the barrel cover and extracting the spring is not hazardous. It is removing the restraint on the spring that causes the thing to run down in a rush which is likely to strip gears, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your slipping spring is almost certain to be broken, an alternative is that the stud that holds the outer end of the spring to the barrel has broken or most likly the hole in the end of the spring has split. The cure for this is simple, shorten the spring by an inch and punch a new hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>Spring holder/winders to re-insert springs in barrels are also a luxury, strong hands can usually do the job unaided, and new springs usually come with wires holding them tight wound so they can slipped half way into the barrel before removing the wire.</p><p><br /></p><p>More or less the only tool you really need is a good book explaining what everything does and how to deal with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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