I use the Bill May method except I use a #4 steel shot to hold the spring. I pry the spring with a screwdriver to install the shot, but make sure you don mar the edge of the recess for the trigger plate. I install the shot very close to the end toward the spindle. Any farther back and the spring is compressed too much.

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