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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
That approach often doesn't work. It can be a difficult problem until you know the final and sure way to fix it. The way is to use a hammer and punch. You can use a substitute for the punch such as the side of a wrench, depending on what fits. Sometimes in using this method, you finally manage to turn the center bolt in a way that turning it with a wrench doesn't work. And at other times, you weaken the spring that is too strong. You may not figure out which you have done once it works, but it doesn't matter, oddly enough. Put the punch on the spring of the side that springs out too much, and hit it with a hammer.