860 Spring Tutorial

[Pumbaa]

Hi Guys I am on my 3rd AM housing the shits just keep breaking,I should get mayby if I am lucky 2 weeks out of this one!Well stay tuned I did a tutorial Spring Video and pics on the spring replacement on the AM housing so every one don't break up there springs,it should be up tommorow, and BTW my new AM housing is turquise,its the only bitch I had left,lol for real!

Was opening flip with one hand and holding the camera with the other,lol
This Tutorial is not for sale,only for forum use for free to the people,not to be sold on ebay or any other means!!!

[NinjaTurtle]

Nice work man!!! Any one found on this site trying to sell it or trying to post it on any other fourm with out Pumbaa's Permession Will Be LOOKING AT A nice Vacation!!!!! This is your Warning!!!!!!

[demz730]

noice...

[dga027]

Very nice Pumbaa!!!

Looks like a sticky to me.

dga

[MrKyoo]

[l0nd0n3]

good shit Pumbaa, as always.

[Pumbaa]

Thanks gents,hope it helps peeps do there own personal taste in housings

[mm14hd]

nice

[specv]

the warthog never ceases to amaze me

[KLiK]

Pumba your the man. your on your 3rd housing??? dam i was going to get a housing tomorow to try to throw on my phone but i guess i'll wait until some stronger ones come out.

[Pumbaa]

Thanks Peeps, and yea wait till the 2nd and 3rd generation housings come out these are reindeer poop right now.

[JDBorges187]

do you have any suggestions for ppl starting from scratch? like how to take it out of the OEM housing without damaging anything?

[Pumbaa]

JDBorges187,Hi and the best suggestion I can give you is follow my tutorials to the letter and take everything very very slowly the first time.Do not pull or push or bend,just nudge it and nudge it alittle more but nothing violent,and heat the outer ribbon up good but not so much that you melt everything.After the first you will be able to do it much easier and also, no pushing hard on the springs,it will go in and out of the oem and AM easy, if you folloew my tutorials,good luck, and if you get stuch just post here and I will try to help!

[E30Bimmer]

Yo Pumbaa I'm trying to follow your tutorial right now. I'm stuck at the spring once again. The phone is still in the oem casing but I can't get it to budge, and I don't want to break the spring either. Ane help is appreciated.
AIM: E30Beamer

[Pumbaa]

Twist the spring away from you alittle and pull!!!And if not let me know and I have another soulution.

[E30Bimmer]

I just got ur im's now. Thanks a lot for trying to help me. I read your tutorials a lil more, and I got it out also with the help of another tool. Thanks a lot though.

[letitburn]

Great!!! Thanks !!

[vocaltrance]

I'm still stuck, hehe, i know it's a lot to ask but is there anyway you can post a vid of you like doing the spring installation?

[Pumbaa]

Originally Posted by vocaltrance

I'm still stuck, hehe, i know it's a lot to ask but is there anyway you can post a vid of you like doing the spring installation?

If you can't do it with all the written instructions you will not be able to do it even if I made a 2 hour movie of installation and removal of the spring!

[wizdom]

Originally Posted by Pumbaa

Twist the spring away from you alittle and pull!!!And if not let me know and I have another soulution.

Im trying to get the spring out..im trying to twist the spring clockwise a little and pull it out but all thats happening is im scraping the spring part with the plyer tool. Phone is in oem case

[Pumbaa]

Originally Posted by wizdom

Im trying to get the spring out..im trying to twist the spring clockwise a little and pull it out but all thats happening is im scraping the spring part with the plyer tool. Phone is in oem case

Try twisting pulling and moving the flip back towards you a notch all at the same time.

[wizdom]

thanks for the quick response! i thought i was gonna hafta wait til tomorro ....


is it supposed to be very hard to pull out? or should it be sliding out easily? because i am scraping the hell out of the tip of the spring lol...i did try tugging a little extra hard...but after a few secs the plyers slide off.....any help...i changed my 1730 housing...but this is different. any help appreciated

[Jeffrc]

yeah i have yet tosuccesfully get a spring hinge out, i just gave up,a s well as my boss, and we cut the bitch out.. now we are stuck in getting hte spring back in, hopefully this tutorial will shed some light on this... the hinge doesnt even go back in the oem case right, and we even bought brand new hinges from moto and htey dont fit at all...

[Strads]

Hey guys..this is my first time changing my i860 housing, and i am having a slight problem. I cant seem to get my spring back in after i take it out. After i align it like it shows in the pictures. It slides in, but it dosent go all the way in so i dont know if i should press hard or what the problem is. If any one can help me i would really appreciate it. Thanks

[partsman]

Originally Posted by Strads

Hey guys..this is my first time changing my i860 housing, and i am having a slight problem. I cant seem to get my spring back in after i take it out. After i align it like it shows in the pictures. It slides in, but it dosent go all the way in so i dont know if i should press hard or what the problem is. If any one can help me i would really appreciate it. Thanks

put it in and turn it slightly

[Strads]

Yeah i got it.....Thanks for you help though

[faast08]

hey pumbaa i finally got the spring out but on the AM housing there are little nubs keeping the spring from going all the way in...the end sticks out a little bit. These same nubs line the spring up though rite? what do i do lol

[Pumbaa]

Originally Posted by faast08

hey pumbaa i finally got the spring out but on the AM housing there are little nubs keeping the spring from going all the way in...the end sticks out a little bit. These same nubs line the spring up though rite? what do i do lol

Grind then down a tad,so the spring will fit nice,but don't grind them to much or the spring will never close right!

[vge]

Hey guys I am a little lost here. I picked up my replacement i860. I finally decided to tackle putting on a full housing. Well I did it. Funny thing is, this time the spring pretty much slid out with no probs what so ever. The problem I am having now is that when I put it back in, it will not flip open. Whats the trick to this? Do I need to put the button on the spring to make it work correctly? Do I need to put the spring in a certain way? Now when I open my phone it only goes to about 90 degrees by hand. If I close it and push the button, nothing happens. Please help.

[Strads]

Stop me anyone if you think different..... It sounds to me that the spring is broke because when I changed mine I just had to make sure that the notches on the spring were aligned with the notches on the knuckle. If you don’t have this right and you start closing and opening you phone you really risk breaking the spring. But I am no means a pro and I could be wrong. So try and look around and see what some people that know more about it have to say.

[Pumbaa]

Did you put the spring back in # facing you upside down?

[vge]

how should i put the spring back in? I have the phone open. I tried sliding the spring in the hinge. NP. Do I need to put the little cap on the spring before i close the phone? Or do I do that after I close the phone?

[partsman]

Originally Posted by vge

how should i put the spring back in? I have the phone open. I tried sliding the spring in the hinge. NP. Do I need to put the little cap on the spring before i close the phone? Or do I do that after I close the phone?

push it in ang give it a little twist clockwise

[Pumbaa]

Originally Posted by partsman

push it in ang give it a little twist clockwise

Don't worry about the cap untill you see the spring is working,just take the needle nose and push in on the spring when the flip is closed and if it opens like OEM then you can keep the flip open and put the cap button on.

[vge]

ok i got it to work now, but now it does not open as strong. it kinda barely opens. how do i make it stronger? can it be tightened?

[Pumbaa]

Originally Posted by vge

ok i got it to work now, but now it does not open as strong. it kinda barely opens. how do i make it stronger? can it be tightened?

No do not tighten it,go to the other side of the flip knuckle where you put in the T4 screw,the knuckle the covers the ribbon and lossen the T4 screw alittle bit and if that does not do the trick,then take the flip knuckle cap out that covers the ribbon, and grind the knuckle cap around the outside of it where it goes into the flip, it will make the ribbon and flip open faster.

[sk8-)]

pum pum,

help ! cant get the spring out of the oem case...it wont turn or twist...

i'm abt to cut the freaking case...pls tell me there is other way to get
it off.

thanks.

[Pumbaa]

Originally Posted by sk8-)

pum pum,

help ! cant get the spring out of the oem case...it wont turn or twist...

i'm abt to cut the freaking case...pls tell me there is other way to get
it off.

thanks.

Down load the video toot.

http://www.nextelmodz.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8888

[tmack]

is there a trick to get the push button cap back on went from oem housing to oem housing but the new housing didnt have the cap i thought i had it on good but i fell back off a few hours later

[Pumbaa]

Originally Posted by tmack

is there a trick to get the push button cap back on went from oem housing to oem housing but the new housing didnt have the cap i thought i had it on good but i fell back off a few hours later

Just make sure the 2 platic pieaces are in the square hole and the posts are lined up on the spring,and if that fails,just put a drop of crazy glue on the button where the posts go into.