Originally Posted by
Robert Bowring
This should not be that hard to do yourself. It may be easier if you remove the dichroic head. It is probably held on with a few screws or bolts. To replace the springs raise the enlarger head as far as it goes. You can buy C clamps at any hardware store. I put one on each of the rails just under the enlarger head. Remove and replace the springs one at a time. Do not remove both springs at the same time. Remove one spring and replace it with the new one then do the same for the other spring. I am not quite sure what shaft or shafts you need to move or why you would need to move them. But like the springs do them one at a time. On my D-II enlarger the shafts are held on by a screw on each end. Remove those screws and shafts should be able to be removed. One of the best things about these enlargers is that they are mechanically simple and are easy to work on. There is no reason to be "terrified". Someone put this enlarger together when it was new and there is no reason to believe you can't do a few simple repairs.
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