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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: fiction on October 25, 2010, 04:43:22 PM

Title: circlips
Post by: fiction on October 25, 2010, 04:43:22 PM

hi,anyone have any tips or tricks how to get my circlips off to remove my pistons,all the other circlips have had a tang or holes for pliers,
these are just wire.

Title: Re: circlips
Post by: reed on October 25, 2010, 06:58:58 PM

Fiction
When i work on circlips that have no tang or holes i use a old set of feeler gauge and i can get into the grove and lift the circlip
Up so you can get a pliers thin noses to remove the circlips.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Steve.

Title: Re: circlips
Post by: fiction on October 26, 2010, 10:06:25 AM

cheers for that steve, could not get the feeler gauge to work,  but a bit of extra force with a screwdriver for repairing phones got em            (think i was being a little too gentle because the pistons are new) .   lance.