Looking death in the face?
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Put something over it when you release it. Can't remember if those ones like to fly or not.
huskyespañol
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Un trapo por ejemplo
cuinrearview
Red saw lover
Taking out isn't bad. The threat of a puncture wound leveraging it back in is real.
If you were doing something difficult like dropping the transmission in your truck, then you would need to sign a W&T...however a chainsaw brake spring hardly compares.
Haironyourchest
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If you decide to risk it, better do it outside, in the middle of tall grassy field....I've heard it's safer that way.
It's not that bad, just hold a cloth over it while you do it. As already mentioned, getting it back in is where the fun is.
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Jeebers- if taking the spring out on one of those is life threatening- don't ever attempt to start the saw or fell a tree! 
Try this with a Harbor Freight Phillips:
I painted the handle orange so it wouldn't get lost in the screwdriver drawer.
(for reinstalling)
I painted the handle orange so it wouldn't get lost in the screwdriver drawer.
(for reinstalling)
**** cant be that bad!!! Just do it over a big towel with good eyes!!!
jump right in with both feet. God hates a Coward !
It'll be ok
Huskybill
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Aim it towards an opening in a box so it catches the spring.
No worse than those old rambler cars. We used a plate with double fish hooks on each side of the spring while someone pushed down on the open door. One hook didn’t catch right. We tossed the spring in the front end pit. It buried itself in a I beam in the 20’ ceiling. A run forest, run moment. I did all the heavy work like front ends. I was 23= yo.
No worse than those old rambler cars. We used a plate with double fish hooks on each side of the spring while someone pushed down on the open door. One hook didn’t catch right. We tossed the spring in the front end pit. It buried itself in a I beam in the 20’ ceiling. A run forest, run moment. I did all the heavy work like front ends. I was 23= yo.
Huskybill
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Doing over 100 mph the green blurr on the sides on my 80’s vintage Husqvarna dirtbike down the straights I never got really hurt on the bike but that quad broke my ribs four times twice in one year. You either like speed or you don’t. I gave up my 1200 bandit because of speed
Wow!!! That's fast on a quad
I have a nice Bandit 1200. It has a delicious low-to-mid motor with a ton of torque. It isn't particularly fast when compared to truly fast bikes...
if you are really worried about the spring, just tie it to something and then release it under a rag.
if you are really worried about the spring, just tie it to something and then release it under a rag.
