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Posted by: malcolm2 Dec 9 2011, 02:40 PM
I plan on installing my p/c next. I noticed that the wrist pin keepers are quite different. Is there a trick to install and removal of this type of clip?? The instructions say to pull it apart. It looks like a spring, but "don't spring it". not very clear.
Thanks,
Clark
Posted by: stugray Dec 9 2011, 02:47 PM
1 - go get a GOOD set of dental picks. Craftsman will work.
2 - To put in the new clip, you set it over the hole, then using the dental pick, get under the last "loop" of the clip in back. You should be able to push that down into the hole, then keep working your way around until it is all in there and the last bit will click in.
3 - to remove, see the little "notch" in the end of the clip ring?
You would reach into the hole and grab that with the dental pick, and work it back out the reverse of how it went in.
Stu
Posted by: vsg914 Dec 9 2011, 02:50 PM
I scratched my head at first, but its really pretty easy once you figure it out. I just stretched them out like a spring, worked them in a circular motion and kinda screwed them in. Removal just takes a small jewelers screwdriver to pry the end out of the groove where the notch on the end is.
Posted by: malcolm2 Dec 9 2011, 03:18 PM
I scratched my head at first, but its really pretty easy once you figure it out. I just stretched them out like a spring, worked them in a circular motion and kinda screwed them in. Removal just takes a small jewelers screwdriver to pry the end out of the groove where the notch on the end is.
That was my 1st thought. As the spring is pulled apart to make a coil the OD of the whole thing will get smaller. Is that physics or geometry? First time i have thought about either in quite some time.
Posted by: malcolm2 Dec 9 2011, 03:20 PM
1 - go get a GOOD set of dental picks. Craftsman will work.
2 - To put in the new clip, you set it over the hole, then using the dental pick, get under the last "loop" of the clip in back. You should be able to push that down into the hole, then keep working your way around until it is all in there and the last bit will click in.
3 - to remove, see the little "notch" in the end of the clip ring?
You would reach into the hole and grab that with the dental pick, and work it back out the reverse of how it went in.
Stu
I bought a set from Lowe's to get the rear calipers dismantled. Can't be done without a pick of some sort. Now I get to use it again.
Posted by: Van Dec 10 2011, 07:01 PM
Yeah, that's about how I did it when I rebuilt my engine: http://www.ephotomotion.com/914engine/page33.html
Posted by: Vacca Rabite Dec 10 2011, 11:24 PM
I just used a set of needle nosed plyers for the spiral clips. Start it in the slowly turn it into the groove. Push down on the last bits. The first side is easy the second side is not so easy. I also well oil the groove and clip to reduce friction.
Zach
Posted by: malcolm2 Dec 11 2011, 09:52 PM
Turns out it was not too difficult after all. Thanks for the pointers. Not everyone does it the same way. I was a bit worried that I would drop one in the open engine, but I worked thru that too. A bit out of focus, but the clip is heading in.
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