On Wed, 28 Jun 1995, Tobin T. Copley wrote: > out, but had to do the old twisted-wire-through-the-circlip-eyelet- > then-cut-the-wire-once-it's-in trick to get the circlip back in. And it > took a LOT of force to bash the inner race in far enough to allow the > circlip to seat. Ugh. I'll take it in to a shop next time (No, not a > VW dealership, Sergio...) if I can't afford to buy the tools to do the job > efficiently. > A set of circlip pliers (one that squeezes open and one that squeezes shut) or a pair of those fiddly "screw it together one way to squeeze open and the other way to squeeze shut" are a great investment. Spend less time on your hands and knees, head resting sideways on the garage floor, shining a flashlight parallel to the floor hoping to find that damned circlip that sproinged off because you were using an awl or screwdriver! Really, they work! Alistair
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