>> Now it is almost impossible to get one of these back
>>together if the mainspring gets out of the cord
>>retractor unit.
>
>I often wonder how they build things like this.  It went
>in once, why won't it go *back* in?
>
>IMHO anyone who designs a device with a spring in it
>that is preloaded on assembly, where the housing itself
>won't keep it in place without special tools or jigs,
>should be taken out and shot now, to save the rest of us
>untold trouble later...

hallelujah, AMEN.

I can never figure out how they get assembled either. Why is there never
some form of retention for the spring to hold everything while it is
assembled, without needing to be an octopus with feeler gauge fingers to
hold everything as the final cover goes on?

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