Ice Pick Handle Spring Replacement (my way)

[NUTSFORBUSES]

My handles were "floppy" so I ordered some from Wolfsburg West.
I've done these before, but never had a real plan and it was a real PITA, so since I had several to fix, here is how I did it.

A 3/16 drill bit (crappy one's from HF are easy to cut) cut the shaft to 14mm length.
Some rubber to wrap the handle in a VISE

The usual tools, and a scrap tiny flat screwdriver to cut a little groove to catch the spring.

Here you want to be careful to not apply pressure to the top cross bar. You will be pushing a large flat screwdriver under the cross bar while pulling the spring forward with the TINY screwdriver you cut a groove into. Once this is done, screw the handle back into your bus. I now have they "KIT" in a bag on my wall. It takes less than 5 minutes.This was a "locking" handle, the others are less complicated. My thought was, we do this rarely, but when we need to it's "How?" I've done these the hard way since the 80's, so my thought was "how did they assemble these at the factory w/o throwing tools against the wall, and in good time?"

[DubStyle]

Nice work! It's good to see people sharing HOT TOs in the forum.
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[Matt58veedub]

Thanks for the post! I will book mark this!

[BarryL]

Great work.

Is there something that goes across the larger hole?

Is it the spring that usually breaks or the cross-bar part? Is your old spring not as coiled as when new?

Is the reason you cut the drill bit so that the drill tip doesn't stab your finger instead of using the whole drill bit?

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[BarryL]

Oh doh now I get it. Anything go into the big hole?

[NUTSFORBUSES]

No problem Barry.
Most guys buy re pops, it's already done. I like German metal when I can get it, and the factory that made these probably did it nearly the same way, b/c although it takes minutes to do, it took me an hour to "think" German and figure it out.There are some much older guys that have probably found the same fix long before me. I also put Clear shrink wrap on the end of the ice pick to stop the handle hitting the door. Also, If you don't have the rubber seal on, it will still hit the paint when you drunkenly slam your door. Casamigos Repasado Barry. I probably spelled that wrong, but who cares, I have 2 more bottles.

[campingbox]

I’ve always used an appropriately sized Phillips screwdriver instead of a drill bit. Same idea though, works fine.

[Thompson2]

Is this applicable to both locking and non-locking ice picks?

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