![]() When you see it go “splong” you will realise the turban towell is a very good idea indeed. Now you can pull the spring out with the pliers and the towel will dampen the expansion of the spring. To avoid this wrap it in a towel so you can only the handle of the pliers sticking out of what should look like a big chelsea bun or turban (sorry turban guys – no offence meant its just that if it looks like a turban your doing it right!). If you pull the spring out now it will unwind like a whip cracking and you could easily be injured because your likely to be holding the barrel with your other hand and this is the area the spring will be at its most dangerous. Once you have done this grip the spring with the pliers and STOP. You want to lift the spring so you can get some long nosed pliers in the gap. ![]() To remove this force a sharp wide object (I used a sharpened bradel) in between the wound spring layers. Note the that spring has broken about five or ten centimeters from the barrel spiggot and there is still about 120 cm of spring braced tightly to the edge of the barrel. In either case you will need to have it replaced.Īs you can see from this picture the main spring here has broken and needs replacing. If the spring has broken in the middle this may be a little different in this case the clock will wind for maybe two or three turns but then you will hear the spring move and the resisitance on the key will go down again. You can tell if your mainspring is broken because the clock key will offer little or no real resistance when you try and wind the clock. How do you tell if your clock mainspring is broken? Mainspring breaks and replacements are a common problem so I thought I would do an overview article on roughly whats invloved and how to go about it. This article is for somebody who already knows how to take apart and put back together a simple movement – a beginner with a bit of talent. Its quite a challenge on any clock so Ive selected a particularly simple movement to show whats done. This is just a quick article to show you roughly whats involved and how you go about things if you want to replace a broken clock mainspring. ![]()
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