I finally broke one.....

[Jake Stoner]

Well then,
  After readin about it here and on the SASS Wire, I broke a hand spring in one of my '75s.  Ordered replacement from VTI , made a new one with using the bobby pin trick. Put the bobby pin in the gun, everything looks ok, and seems to work. Test fire tomorrow. 
Jake

[Trap]

  How did you get the old, broken spring out of the hand? Have a couple of springs but have always had to just go with the complete assembly ,as I couldn't get the old spring out.

[Cimarron Lawman]

Are the hand springs in the Uberti '58s as cheesy as the ones in the '75s?

[Flint]

Same spring in the 75s..   Get the old spring remnant out with a small jeweler's screwdriver tip and a mallet, or a thin piece of spring (even the replacement spring) as a tool to drift the piece out through the crimped slot.

[Cimarron Lawman]

Weird. Seems like the '75s are more prone to hand spring breakages.

[Jake Stoner]

Trap,
I did just what Flint said to get the old one out. This opened the slot a bit and the new one slid right in. I used a punch and tapped the slot closed. I got rained out on the test. Try again tomorrow.
Jake

[Jake Stoner]

Test fired- '75 back in service.