Date:         Wed, 28 Jun 1995 21:47:43 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <ui775@freenet.victoria.bc.ca>
Subject:      Re: My rear wheel ...



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