Swingline 545 Stapler - spring replacement 

14 years later and your advice still works well. Thank You!!

14 years later your video is still useful! Thank you. I really thought i was going to have to throw away my swingline stapler! 🎉

12 years later and your video is still helpful 🤗

Spring just shot out at me when I opened the stapler! AWWWWW! Thanks LIFESAVER!!!!

It's the simple things my friend. Thank you so much. I spent the better part of a year trying to figure out how to repair a classic stapler for a great friend; after watching your video, I did it in seconds. I feel a bit dense, but even more appreciative. Thanks again

Thank you for sharing this information you are a God send. My daughter knocked my stapler off the table and the spring came out. I thought I needed a new stapler but I didn’t thanks to you!! I love RU-vid and people like you that share helpful ways to fix things!! Never stop sharing😇..

10 years later and you're still helping people! This saved me a lot of headaches! Thanks a ton!

Still useful years later. Thank you!

Still helping after all these years! Thanks. I wish I knew where to get a new spring, tho. Mine is all stretched out.

Thank very very much!!!!!!!!! So much time has passed since recording and the video is relevant and helpful!!!

I've had a Swingline Cub since 1967 and it's never let me down.

Thank you VERY much! I spent less time (5 mins) fixing mine, than it would've taken me to go to the store to replace it. TWO THUMBS UP!

i guess staplers haven’t changed in 15 years 😂😂

Thank you, and I’m sure Amazon thanks you, because I now do not have to return this to Amazon. It’s a shame Swingline didn’t make it better, or allowed them to ship out that way. Eleven years since you posted your video, it’s still helping people. Thanks again!

Thanks everyone for your possitive feedback!! I'm glad I'm able to help people thanks to the power of youtube!! I'll try to keep putting up helpful and useful videos for people like you! Peace!

1 Hour of fiddeling and 17 seconds into the video you show me what I was missing. Thank you.

I wasn't able to get the metal piece off on top. But used a tie wire for a plastic bag to fish spring through holes. Wasn't easy, but did the trick. Thanks for showing where the spring goes. Wouldn't been able to figure out unless I looked at another stapler.

Thanks a million. Been sitting here at work, staring at the spring and stapler, stumped. All fixed up now!

I didn't have to ask my husband to fix something else for me! you empowered me! thank you thank you thank you!!! my model was a little different in that instead of the two holes to feed the spring through it is one hole and a small plastic rod that fits into two notches in place of the second hole - it was a little tricky getting the spring around that while keeping it in place but your process worked for me to.

Worked well! I was beginning to think that Swingline Staples had devised a Masters of Mechanical Engineering quiz to re-install the stapler spring. Many thanks.

Thanks! I just repaired a stapler which has been abandoned on a drawer for ages because of not being able to figure out how to put the spring back on. You helped save this one from the dumpster sir, thanks!

Your video has made life for thousands of people a little bit less irritating. Kudos.

One of the best “how to” videos I’ve seen. Completed the repair as I watched the video the first and only time. Thank you.

Got a stapler that was broken right out of the box. Fixed it in a jiff thanks to your tutorial. THANK YOU!

One of the most useful vids on the internet. Thanks so much!

Thank you so much for the video. Now my dad wont have to buy another stapler. Besides the spring issue, his old Swingline is in perfect shape. Now it'll last a lifetime.

Thank you! I just fixed my broken stapler. I looked for a good thirty minutes on the internet on how to fix mine with no luck till I found your video.

Bored at work and the stapler broke. I had about 75% of this right. Didnt realize you could seperate the rear part though. Thanks buddy.

Thank you so much! I have the Swingline 747, but you video helped me figure out how to release the top portion so I could put back the spring!

Your tutorial works like a champ. I was able to repair the stapler spring in 2 minutes after watching your video. Thanks a bunch.

Thanks very much. I have a teacher friend who suffered a "student stapler incident" and I'm going to fix it for her. With your help :)

Thank you so much for this video even tho it's 12 years ago it still helped me😭😭

Thanks, just fixed my stapler by following your steps. Mine stapler doesn't have a bland name. Now it works just fine.

Until this video Perry was in trouble...proper stitched up, but no longer! A thousand thank you's kind sir

Thank you!! I just fixed the stapler when my engineer husband couldn't figure it out!! Grateful that you made this video!

Wow I just fixed the stapler, bless you

Perfect! It was driving me nuts trying to figure out how to do this....although now that I've seen your video, I feel a little stupid since it was so obvious. In any case, thanks for taking the time to help out us feeble-brained ones!

Just used your video to repair my stapler. Thank you very much.

Thank you! Saved me having to buy a new stapler!!

Thanks, my Stapler spring jumped out and the sliding spring plate side guides was bent, fixed that and found your video how to replace spring. Stapler working now 09-2019

This is the best! I love it! You really helped me out of a jam because my students broke my stapler!

Wow! Without this video I would not have been able to fix the stapler, thank you !!!!!!!!!!

Thank You your instructions were easy and spot on. I was ready to throw this thing away until I found your video.

Oh my gosh, thank you for this! Fixed my heavy duty Swingline after scratching my head for an hour....on a lark, typed it in Google as my last resort and found this. Awesome!

Thank you very much!!!! I wouldn’t understand how to fix it by myself if I didn’t watch your video!

Thank you for you easy instructions. After a few tries i got it!!! I have a Bostitch2100 i was still able to fix my old stapler.

Thanks to your video I was able to repair my stapler.

Mister! You give me the spark of masculinity! I fixed mine in 20 seconds after this video (Rapid FM12)

Thx a lot mate. You're a life saver. I hope your wrist is OK now. Subscribing.

Thank you very much for this help, I just fixed mine and used it to bind my CV ready for interview. GOD bless you greatly for sharing your knowledge

Oh man! Thank you. You made my day!!! I got so frustrated at it as it seemed such a trivial task as you showed us. Thanks a lot!

Thanks for the help, I couldn’t figure out where the other end of the spring went to. My first try the spring wasn’t tight enough.

Thank you so much! My kid keeps unhooking the springs on our staplers and I had no idea how to fix it. Yay!

Thanks for sharing lol I thought I broke the stapler on my new job and I was trying to fix it thanks to this video!!

my mother bought a new stapler simply because the spring detached, and she thought it broke. Lol thanks for the video

Thank you very much. This also works on a Rexel stapler, if anyone else was wondering!

Thank you! Your video showed me what I needed to do with the spring to fix my stapler. It took me less than a minute to fix. 21/2 minutes if you count the time it took me to watch your video. :)

The year is 2021, and this video is still helpful

IT WORKED. HURRAY!!! NOT JUST ON THE SWINGLINE 545 STAPLER TOO. THANK YOU!!!

Thank you for taking the time to show us!

Awesome video broseph, I couldn't figure out for the life of me how to fix it.

although I'm using a Stanley Bostitch Model 626. This video helped the only thing different was how to pull out the stainless steel part so I could have access of the back parts to thread the spring coil Thanks you saved me a trip to the store to buy a new one

You....sir....are awesome. I had a "Steve From Office Space" moment when my stapler spring shot across my desk. Everyone else has a bulky stapler while I'm attached to my 545 Model. Thanks again for the info...

Thanks, man ~ I didn't have exactly the same problem as this, but you helped me think it through...

Just fixed my stapler today thanks to your video.😀

Second time I had to fix the spring... thank you

you saved me from buying a new stapler, thanks! :)

Saved my many, many years old Swingline 747! Thank you very much.

Thank you!!! Just fixed what my grandson broke!

1000 Thanks! Watching you helped me put back my spring and fix my stapler

Thank you very much! This video saved me money, since I was about to desist and buy another stapler.

Short, sweet, and to the point. Very clear instructions. Thank you!

Thanks! It helped me save from buying a new one ☺️

Thank you so much. Thought I had destroyed my husband's stapler!!

Thank you! Kept me from being VERY unhappy with a kid who breaks EVERYTHING!

Thank YOU!!! I loved that you even did it with a cast on your wrist. I have another model but your demonstration made it possible for me to fix it as well. What a great idea to do this and as I see almost 26,00 views so it must be fairly common!!!

Super helpful! Just rescued our stapler!

This was great, Thanks!

There is a Swingline stapler that owe's its life to you.

Gracias a tu vídeo rescate mi engrapadora y no tuve que comprar una nueva.

I broke my stapler, and now it's fixed! Thank you!

i cant believe i found this video.. legend i fixed my staplerr .. actualli my brotehrs coz i broke for him thannx

Thanks so much for the help..my stapler blew appart all the pices..as i was trying to staple..an i cud not be abble to put it back together i didnr know were that lil T shaped metal goes...an it was pissing me off..but ur video saved me a headache..

Thank you so much for this video! This is the only info I could find. My stapler and I appreciate you!! 😊

This was actually super helpful!! Thank you!

Thank you so much! I thought my mom was going to lose her mind trying to fix her stapler. You deserve some extra good karma for putting this video up.

I've used this video 5x already in the past couple years.

thank you so so sooooo much!!! it helped me and my dad repair our stapler and he was gonna blow a gasket if we didnt fix it

THANKS I BROKE MY DAD'S STAPLER AND HE WOULD KILL ME! LIFESAVER

Very useful for other models too.

Thanks! I fixed my Stanley Bostitch stapler using the same basic idea, although I couldn't do step 1. I had to use an unfolded paper clip to hook the spring and get it through one of the two holes.

Your instructions were very helpful. Thank you so much!

I fixed mine too... Thanks for taking time to put this video together and help give a second life to so many staplers :-)

Wow! It worked for me too!! Thanks a million. Great help and video.

Thanks :-) I broke it a different way but this really helped me fix that too - hope your thumb gets better!

this was very helpful. worked like a charm! Thank you

Had me stumped till I seen this many thanks

Fantastic! Thank you for posting this. I was going to go and buy a new stapler.

Nice job. Just fixed my stapler using your approach.

So helpful!!! Thank you so much!! My sons somehow got the spring out and I was having a heck of a time figuring it out!