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[Diamond Black Geezer]

Ah, fair dos... you run Monaro rear calipers, yes?

[05omegav6]

Ah, fair dos... you run Monaro rear calipers, yes?

Do now, following the debacle in obtaining, or not, new vented calipers...

[05omegav6]

9156405 apparently... Pair on order

[EMD]

They are handed left and right, left hand is sod to get off and I usually cut it off to save time.

They usually fall off  Not too bad putting them back on if you use a small pair of vice grips .
Make sure gloves are worn to prevent hand mutilation when you slip 

[Nick W]

Anyone fiddling about with brake springs, including the ones inside drums should get one of these  http://sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.asp?gotonode=ViewProduct&method=mViewProduct&productid=12583&promotionid=74630&promotiontitleid=440  It's worth the retail price listed there, but you can get them cheaper.

[EMD]

Anyone fiddling about with brake springs, including the ones inside drums should get one of these  http://sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.asp?gotonode=ViewProduct&method=mViewProduct&productid=12583&promotionid=74630&promotiontitleid=440  It's worth the retail price listed there, but you can get them cheaper.

Hm could quite easily be made  Got a few spare tent pegs here .

[Nick W]

Anyone fiddling about with brake springs, including the ones inside drums should get one of these  http://sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.asp?gotonode=ViewProduct&method=mViewProduct&productid=12583&promotionid=74630&promotiontitleid=440  It's worth the retail price listed there, but you can get them cheaper.

Hm could quite easily be made  Got a few spare tent pegs here .

It's heat treated so that the very fine hook(the key to its usefulness) stays a hook and doesn't straighten out. Unlike a tent peg or the welding rod I've used in the past. I paid less than a fiver for mine, and rarely use anything else on small springs. Saves a lot of swearing, unlike most of the other brake tools I have.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

The usual method I use has been levering in a screwdriver, and pinging it out, with the associated parts flying in all directions, some never to be found again. This 'hook' of which you speak does have a certain appeal 

[terry paget]

I put some wire behind the spring, pull the ends towards me, twist them together, put a screwdriver through my loop, and pull. What is tricky is unhooking the spring from the brake lever to release the cable on the LHS. After a minute trying I cut it off.

[Shallow Al]

Anyone fiddling about with brake springs, including the ones inside drums should get one of these  http://sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.asp?gotonode=ViewProduct&method=mViewProduct&productid=12583&promotionid=74630&promotiontitleid=440  It's worth the retail price listed there, but you can get them cheaper.

Looks like it might be useful to get radios out....delicately of course