800r Rave Valves - Bellow Installation

[datmony]

What is the trick to getting the bellows installed on the Rave Valve? I cannot get the retaining springs on for the life of me. What is the sequence I should use for reassembly? Which of the attached diagrams is correct for the placement of the large spring?

Thanks in advance.

Matt

 

[cjgodden]

take a small ziptie and wrap it around the spring. with your thumb holding the spring on one end, pull the ziptie around the bellows. working the spring into the grove.

 

[sledsrock]

What is the trick to getting the bellows installed on the Rave Valve? I cannot get the retaining springs on for the life of me. What is the sequence I should use for reassembly? Which of the attached diagrams is correct for the placement of the large spring?

Thanks in advance.

Matt

For the 800R motor the spring goes in between the bellows and piston, like the diagram from the BRP website shows. Unless the valves have been modified of course.

 

[Colby]

Yeah those can be a pain in the ***. I used a large socket to stretch the spring around and then rolled it off into place. Good luck!

 

[Spudbutter]

Here is what I ended up doing. Yeah, they are a pain......

http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=417621&st=0&p=3098632&#entry3098632

 

[datmony]

Many thanks everyone. I finally figured out the easy way to do these things and got it back up and running.