Listers -
David is right, you're best off removing the bleed fitting; the clip slides
on fairly easily then.
My approach is to grind a little half-circle notch out of the outer edge of
the clip before installing it so that the bleed fitting can go back in
without interference. It then serves as a "back-up" clip retainer.
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 07:14 AM 8/22/2002 -0500, David Lieb wrote:
> > 2. Is there a special way that the "C" clip has to go on? The clip
> > will only seat in one position. When seated, I cannot get the
> > bleeder back in. If I move the clip around, the clip hits the
> > mounting flange that holds the backing plate to the axel. BTW, is
> > there a recommended way to get the clip on, as I have already
> > destroyed two of them?
> >
>
>
>Of course there is! Just use factory tool G-2753. Just kidding. I just went
>through this again, since rear brakes seem to be dead on every Midget I get.
>I guess I need more expensive taste in Midgets, since it seems that the ones
>I can afford ...
>Anyway, my biggest problem with getting these clips on was in thinking that
>they were to slide on like every othe c-clip I have ever seen. Wrong again.
>The actual technique that I use to put them on is to take a pair of
>Vice-Grips with the nice curved jaws (what used to appear to be the only
>ones you could get), set the cylinder in position with the gasket in place
>if it came with one, lock the vice-grips onto the axle flange with the
>handles pointing up so that the outside of the upper jaw is firmly holding
>the cylinder into place. This by itself frees up about two hands. With that
>side of things taken care of, you now get to go to the back of the plate. If
>you had enough sense to pull the axle out of the car for this (hasn't
>happened to me yet!), you can easily see what you are doing, otherwise bring
>a good light and something to rest your head on. Remove the bleeder, it is
>in the way. Hook the middle tang of the c-clip into place. Use a Craftsman
>screwdriver (easy to replace that way, no fiscal connections involved) to
>pry one of the other tangs OVER the top into place. Repeat the process for
>the last tang (easier said than done). Yes, it can take several tries, but I
>haven't broken any clips since I started using this technique (not my idea,
>given to me by someone else whose name be praised).
>Hope this helps (yes, it works on MGBs, too).
>David Lieb
>Too many RWAs
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