10-10-2021, 04:15 AM
I made a spring hook from heavy steel wire from a political yard sign frame. Bent a tight hook in one end of the wire, drilled a wire size hole in a hardwood handle and then bent the wire in an "L" shape on the handle end. This is far stronger than the spring hook I bought from Motion Pro which straightened and failed when I tried to install the springs on my NC 750X center stand. BTW, those springs for the NC were the stoutest I've ever dealt with on a stand. I had to use a ratcheting cargo strap attached to the bike lift to actually stretch the springs far enough to place.