IBM Infoprint 6500-v05 Maintenance Manual page 486

The constant force spring is powerful and under high tension. Protect your hands with gloves. To avoid
pinching or cutting your fingers, grip the spring and drum firmly in the next two steps. Coil the spring
slowly and carefully. Do not let the spring twist or crimp.
CAUTION
3. Remove the shoulder screw, large washer, spacer, and small washer from the constant force spring and drum. Let the
spring coil itself up until it reaches the top of its travel on the vertical rail. (Figure 83.)
4. Firmly gripping the spring and drum, remove the rail screw and washer securing the spring to the vertical rail. (Figure 83.)
5. Position a new constant force spring on the vertical rail and install the rail screw and washer. (Figure 83.)
6. Install the shoulder screw, large washer, spacer, and small washer as shown in Figure 83.
Figure 83. This figure shows how to remove the constant force spring from the stacker assembly.
Rail Screw
Washer
Constant Force Spring
Large Washer
Shoulder Screw
Drum
Spacer
Small
Washer
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