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Re: [Shop-talk] Special tool for those plastic rivet clips?

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Special tool for those plastic rivet clips?
From: Scott <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:43:05 -0500
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I saw a guy online use a hook tool from a pick set. Actually seemed to 
work better than the tool I have (like the one John posted) for removing 
them. Probably 30% of the time I break them with the tool. He worked the 
loop of the hook under the head and pulled.

I *hate* those things. They've been on every new-ish car I've worked on 
for the last ten years or so.

On 2/19/2015 11:07 AM, Doug Braun wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I got a new car (1025 Subaru Outback), and I realized that newer cars use
> those plastic rivet-clips (the kind with the pop-up center pin)
> EVERYWHERE.  Do they make any special sort of tool for easily removing
> these without risking scratching the surround area, or busting the clip?
> Most of the time you can pry them with a little screwdriver, but that can
> be rough on them.
>
> Doug
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