the spring helps position things, but mainly the tension of the clutch against the linkage keeps the pieces together, along with those nubs on the rod

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics