Reinstalling circlip in rear caliper, Is there a trick to this? |
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Reinstalling circlip in rear caliper, Is there a trick to this? |
anderssj |
Nov 14 2004, 09:33 AM
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Dog is my copilot... Group: Members Posts: 1,689 Joined: 28-January 03 From: VA Member No.: 207 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Good morning!
Spent a rainy Saturday PM rebuilding a rear caliper. Everything went fine until I got to re-installing the adjuster on the parking brake half. Am having a hard time holding the spring/cover down and compressing the circlip to fit. That the circlip doesn't have any holes in the ends makes things more difficult . . . . Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Steve A- |
IronHillRestorations |
Nov 14 2004, 10:10 AM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,759 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None |
Is there anything wrong with the old circlips? I would hesitate to use a FLAPS circlip, unless it was exactly the same size, ie metric.
The clips without the holes are more challanging, to say the least. You have to put the back part of the clip (the section opposite the open part of the C) in first, at an angle, and then push the two tabs of the C in with a small screwdriver. All of this whilst holding the spring and the little hat piece in place. IIRC, you don't have to compress the spring to get the clip in the bore, it's just got to sit there until you get the clip in, and then push it in with a deepwell socket (12mm IIRC). Shoot, putting those clips in is the easy part, getting them out is the part that increases your biker vocabulary! |
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