Youngs Pin ratchet spring

[Kevin Brown]

The ratchet spring on my Youngs S/L pin is coming adrift onto the backplate all the time , can’t see a way of adjusting it , I generally push it back on the pawl with some forceps from the outside , but it’s getting a pain now

Ends up like this …

Then I push it back on ending up like this , I’m assuming this is the way it’s supposed to be ?

 

[Neil Blood]

If the rachet spring is easy to remove, remove it and if it’s bent/out of alignment, heat it up and straighten.

 

[Simon Rolph]

Ask either JW Youngs or Mill Tackle for a spare. I’m sure they can supply them.

 

[Richard Isaacs]

If the rachet spring is easy to remove, remove it and if it’s bent/out of alignment, heat it up and straighten.

This but don’t heat it up. It will bend easily without heat and if you anneal the steel in any way you’ll take away its strength and possibly some of its spring.
@Kevin Brown If you want to send it to me I’ll straighten it for you.

 

[Kevin Brown]

I took the spring out and it was twisted slightly, bent it back into shape , there was also some crud behind the fulcrum point were it slides up and down with the spring, that probably wasn’t helping either.
I might order another spring to be on the safe side .
Thanks for the offer Rich but I only have one pin and I’m using it a lot lately, so I’d hate to be without it even for a few days .

 

[Neil Blood]

This but don’t heat it up. It will bend easily without heat and if you anneal the steel in any way you’ll take away its strength and possibly some of its spring.
@Kevin Brown If you want to send it to me I’ll straighten it for you.

I had a Speedia rachet spring, which I struggled to reshape, so I heated it up, reshaped slightly and it was fine thereafter

 

[Richard Isaacs]

I had a Speedia rachet spring, which I struggled to reshape, so I heated it up, reshaped slightly and it was fine thereafter

Personally I wouldn’t heat it. It’s a high strength steel which will have a refined microstructure which gives it its strength and springiness. When you anneal it you get what’s called grain growth which softens the steel permanently and will effect its springiness. It will pull back cold and be as strong as it was originally