An easy way to install buckling springs (with video)

[sv650touring]

If you want to skip the video, the trick here is to put the spring in a tube to prevent it from buckling while you are pressing it into place.

I have found very useful posts here before (for example, the correct pins to solder up a PS/2 cable rather than spending $20+ on an SDL cable), and when this method worked so easily for me, I thought maybe somebody here might find it useful too.

[OldIsNew]

Interesting, looks pretty neat and simple. Will have to try it and see how compares to the chopstick-o-death!

[fohat.digs]

see how compares to the chopstick-o-death!

A few years ago there was another variant that, as I vaguely remember, used the shaft of a 1/4" pop rivet.

There really should be a place marker for these things.

[Maledicted]

Great idea. I like it.  Something like this would have saved me a lot of time trying to get all of the flippers on my new F77 to function. I wonder if Ellipse should consider adding this to his documentation.