Need help to animate a spring

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04-02-2020
11:45 AM
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Hey guys, so I'm trying to animate this coil to wind and unwind but I can't figure how I could do it. The middle part should rotate but the outer part should stay fixed. It was not modeled in Maya so it is just a mesh with no history. I would really prefer to not need to model it in Maya. Underneath you can see a screenshot of the part as well as a gif of the animation I am trying to get.
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/JollyFeistyGarpike-size_restricted.gif