Removing / Replacing your Old Front Springs
How to remove & replace your old front springs
Follow these steps below to learn how you can remove your old front springs and how to replace them with new ones:
How to remove & replace your Old Springs Video
Required Equipment
- New Replacement Springs
- Flat Head Tool / Screwdriver
- Some Elbow Grease
How to remove your front springs
- Turn your CycleBoard over - Carefully turn your CycleBoard upside down, revealing the underside of the front of your Board.
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Find & Locate the Front Springs- Find the spring you want to replace. Using your flat head screwdriver, push & bend the spring so that it pops over the tabs holding it in place.
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It make take some force to get the spring to pop out of place. Having someone there with you to assist you in holding your board should make it a bit easier when applying pressure to the spring. Once you pop it out of place, you should see the exposed tab that holds the spring in place.
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Repeat these steps for the other front spring if it needs to be replaced as well.
How to replace your front springs with new ones
- Grab your new front spring & locate the shortest side. Usually the side where the spring comes to an end.
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- Rotate and place the shortest side next to the exposed tab- Using your flat head tool, carefully compress the new spring with a forceful quick motion to press it down and pop it back into place.
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- Using your flat head tool, carefully compress the new spring with a forceful quick motion to press it down and pop it back into place.
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- Repeat these steps for the other front spring if it needs to be replaced as well.
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