Advice for installing new blade brake Toro 20684

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SoShoresGuy

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Hi,
I have installed a new blade brake on my 20684 (which I really like), but I am having a difficult time installing (attaching) the upper torsion spring to the lever and housing. The spring is very strong and any attempts to attach it to the lever fails. Any advice on how to attach the upper torsion spring would be helpful. The only other thought that I have is to loosen the engine (Suzuki) from the housing, but that seems kind of drastic. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark
I will try to attach the mower .pdf file for your reference.
 

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Page 135, figure 233 is where magic happens. Getting the spring out enough to get a wire loop is the difficult part with only two hands. The lever won't move too much, since the brake is new. I will have to prep a wire loop so that I can easily slip the wire around the spring before it slips and I am back to square one. I'll give this a shot, unless there is a better idea. I really like this mower and I am a huge fan of the Suzuki 2 stroke engine. Thanks for your advice,
Mark
 
I usually use a loop of wire around any spring that I can't pull with vise grips or some kind of spring puller like auto drum brakes take.
 
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