Broken Altex Anti-Reverse Lever Spring
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 10:22 pm
Evening gents,
since a long time I was begging for a Hardy Altex No1 and today I finally received it. Quite immediately I was wondering why the anti-reverse felt so floppy and was self engaging from time to time. I opened the bottom service opening and a small metal part fell out. Opening the circular service opening I saw that the spring that holds the anti-reverse lever in place was broken in half. I pulled the loose bit out and now I wonder if anybody has ever had such a problem? I dis-embowelled my Hardy Altex No2 not very long ago to give it a full clean and service but that one doesn't have the optional anti-reverse. From another post in here I got a guess how the shape should roughly be but I think it will be a bit of a try and error thing.
Does anyone know how to heat treat spring metal? I think I might get hands on some and even might be able to make a reproduction but if I remember correctly that metal is blank and does not yet have that blueish finish.
Any advice more than welcome!
P.S.: The piece can be seen here in picture four.
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since a long time I was begging for a Hardy Altex No1 and today I finally received it. Quite immediately I was wondering why the anti-reverse felt so floppy and was self engaging from time to time. I opened the bottom service opening and a small metal part fell out. Opening the circular service opening I saw that the spring that holds the anti-reverse lever in place was broken in half. I pulled the loose bit out and now I wonder if anybody has ever had such a problem? I dis-embowelled my Hardy Altex No2 not very long ago to give it a full clean and service but that one doesn't have the optional anti-reverse. From another post in here I got a guess how the shape should roughly be but I think it will be a bit of a try and error thing.
Does anyone know how to heat treat spring metal? I think I might get hands on some and even might be able to make a reproduction but if I remember correctly that metal is blank and does not yet have that blueish finish.
Any advice more than welcome!
P.S.: The piece can be seen here in picture four.
viewtopic.php?t=8035