I tried to bend one of those little springy parts like the instructions said and broke it. It was on a machine I was working on for a forum member. I did manage to find a replacement for it from Glenn Williams IIRC.
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They are very hard to the point of being brittle. Be very careful how you try to bend them.
Shelly,
If your machine will work OK like it is you can use it, but I'd still try to find a replacement part.
Joe