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Re: Circlip Removal

To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Circlip Removal
From: Jim Jones <jonesj1@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 21:02:12 -0500
All,
They are called ring plier and come in two type, those for outside ring
which spread when clamped and those for inside rings which close when clamped.
Jim

At 10:12 AM 3/6/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Actually, there is such a tool to remove them, and I don't recall it being
>that much more costly than a good set of pliers.  I can't remember where I
>got mine (probably NAPA) but it looks like a large needle nose pliers, but
>the ends are rectangular and flattened, with a cross-hatched pattern on the
>outside surface to prevent slippage.  You then insert it into the space of
>the snap ring and spread.  It makes removing these type of rings MUCH
>easier (and safer) than the old screwdriver method!
>
>Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>
>72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
>70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
>70 Spitfire (project)
>73 Ford Courier (parts hauler, rain vehicle)
>
>


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