Wow, starting from part one, I was exhausted of empathy and patience by the time that you-tuber stretched the spring in part 2. I could feel the pain in his palm being tried as an impact tool. Wanted to offer advice and help every few minutes, imagining just how cold his hands were in snows&studs weather. What a persevering spirit he had in front of the video camera! Watching that was more jarring than an episode of Criminal Minds.

His method of hooking the spring is what I've settled on after trying many ways. The flat blade screwdriver. Mine is ground down into a "spoon" shape, as I've posted before often. To remind me which method works, with long periods of time passing between p-brake work, I made this image:



Not sure where the old posts are, but here are some other notes-to-self:



(spoon grind -- also useful to separate rotor from hub)



(use the big hole to get a socket on the hub bolts or access to the springs)



(a reminder to check the orientation of the spreader -- I hear this has caused others some grief)


--
Art Benstein near Baltimore

Laugh at your problems, everybody else does.