what Nix sez maybe, also maybe heat dissapator - I've seen about 10% of original drums w/ that spring, never on a brand new one - maybe an OEM thing - Cletis would say yer no longer original if ya take it off grin but it'll still work!

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 & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot