[Shop-talk] weakening a spring

[crothfuss at coastalnet.com]

Ron,

   Try taking a few strokes with a file on the exposed coils. by reducing the wire diameter, it oughto reduce the tension.  Generally I can do this by running the entire length of a spring against a belt sander to reduce its' wire diameter and tension, but that'd be impossible with a clothes pin spring as I remember them.  Good Luck.

Chuck