# Lift efoil remote trigger spring snappped - How to repair?
**URL:** https://foil.zone/t/lift-efoil-remote-trigger-spring-snappped-how-to-repair/10981
**Category:** Electronics (ESC, remote, batteries)
**Created:** [November 21, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/lift-efoil-remote-trigger-spring-snappped-how-to-repair/10981 "2020-11-21T04:42:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@yojamey](https://foil.zone/u/yojamey)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/lift-efoil-remote-trigger-spring-snappped-how-to-repair/10981/1 "2020-11-21T04:42:27Z")
Lift efoil trigger spring snapped.
How do I repair?
The pin appears to be a one way affair
Do I drill the back side and push with thin punch or jewler’s screwdriver to remove the pin or some other method?
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### Author:  [@3rdparty](https://foil.zone/u/3rdparty)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/lift-efoil-remote-trigger-spring-snappped-how-to-repair/10981/2 "2020-11-21T17:52:50Z")
Did you reach out to Lift yet? They might warranty it
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### Author:  [@yojamey](https://foil.zone/u/yojamey)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/lift-efoil-remote-trigger-spring-snappped-how-to-repair/10981/3 "2020-11-21T17:55:59Z")
Marked back with caliper tip scratches using measurements from the side with the exposed pin, then drilled with a similar-sized hole 7/64", then punched… Now I need to find a similar torsion spring locally.
Jerry Tirado at Lift reports that he will send a replacement remote my way gratis (Lift-Thank You!!!) and I want to see if I can get the board ready and water-worthy again today.
  
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### Author:  [@yojamey](https://foil.zone/u/yojamey)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/lift-efoil-remote-trigger-spring-snappped-how-to-repair/10981/4 "2020-11-21T22:21:21Z")
On a weekend I could not find a stainless **torsion** spring.
I was able to locally source a long non-stainless **tension** spring with hooks on both ends that seemed workable.
I was able to modify (stretch, bend and cut) a tension-spring and turn it into a torsion-spring to get my remote operational for the sort term this weekend or at least until it rusts.
Turns out in addition to the diameter and wire gauge, the direction of the winding matters for the trigger’s interface with the spring so I chose the top one in the first image.
The final product is shown beside the broken spring in the 3rd photo.
  
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### Author:  [@MLB](https://foil.zone/u/MLB)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/lift-efoil-remote-trigger-spring-snappped-how-to-repair/10981/5 "2023-08-28T04:21:07Z")
Wow! Very very handy of you. Nicely done. MIne just broke yesterday. Did you ever get a proper spring from Lift to fix it?
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### Author:  [@yojamey](https://foil.zone/u/yojamey)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/lift-efoil-remote-trigger-spring-snappped-how-to-repair/10981/6 "2025-11-10T17:42:20Z")
Nowadays Lift provides a throttle trigger replacement kit… I suggest that you submit a help ticket with Lift electronically, and then follow up with a phone call first thing in the morning on a weekday eastern time.
For the short term, a Broccoli or asparagus rubber band or an elastic hair tie stretched between the gap between the rubber and plastic at the front of the remote and looped behind the trigger is the fastest ways to temporarily get a Lift remote trigger to return to the “off” position and ride. [https://youtu.be/r5tHsBvwOVo](https://youtu.be/r5tHsBvwOVo)