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• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - david kao
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:18:02 -0800
  ...Only if it is smaller than the circlips then you can extract the pins rather than ripping the circlips all together. The nut should...
• Re: vanagon emissions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 22:31:44 -0600
  >My circlip "tool" was a big screwdriver and a small needle nose pliers... > works for me. I'm sure the "proper" tool would work...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:58:47 -0700
  ...to remove the Adjusting Rings. > No Special Tools required other than Circlip pliers, seal puller and a > method to install the new seal. > Have...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 13:19:32 -0600
  ...to remove the Adjusting Rings. > No Special Tools required other than Circlip pliers, seal puller and a > method to install the new seal. > Have...
• Re: &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 14 May 2005 19:32:20 -0700
  I did that job with a pair of Harbor Freight circlip pliers- take his advice, spend the money if you have it and get...
• Re: Syncro front axle spline damage problem
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:47:41 +0200
  ...After driving the vehicle for about 2 weeks the circlip came out whilst pulling into a parking bay. A was luckely travelling very slowly...
• Re: Axle flange sloppiness
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:15:46 -0500
  ...Also the circlip may be to blame.Bentley says to change them along with the seals each time.A loose circlip can cause the...
• Re: Rear Hatch/Door Pistons
  Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:55:48 -0700
  ...Remove the >circlip on the frame side of the piston, pull the piston off >(careful: the hatch is heavy!), slip the PVC pipe on...
• Re: Extra Screw (fastener, Ben, fastener)
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:03:36 -0800
  ...put it back together enough times and you'll have enough extra parts to make another one" pensioner (Member Order of the mysterious circlip)
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 13:17:57 -0700
  ...to remove the Adjusting Rings. > No Special Tools required other than Circlip pliers, seal puller and a > method to install the new seal. > Have...
• Re: vanagon emissions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 13:42:07 -0500
  ...Hintz) writes: >>My circlip "tool" was a big screwdriver and a small needle nose pliers... >> works for me. I'm sure the "proper" tool...
• Re: Syncro Diff Problem
  Historical mailing list - Don McCallum
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:46:35 +0100
  Malcolm, Just realised I missed something - at the start of step 4 on my previous message, remove the servo mounting bracket, one circlip and...
• Re: Axle flange sloppiness
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:03:30 -0500
  There is also a washer-shim that goes between the circlip, and drive flange.If this is missing, you may get slop.Perhaps you...
• Re: Transaxle stub axle seal
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 21:40:53 -0800
  ...Then I pried it out revealing a circlip underneath. There is also a spring washer underneath the circlip that needs to go back in...
• Re: Transmission Main Shaft! Help
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 15:55:11 -0700
  Remove circlip. Reach in with a largish pair of Chanellock pliers and grab the collar (looks like a piece of water pipe) and pull...
• Auto Trans Problems
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 20:36:27 EDT
  ...The large circlip that holds the clutch pack in the direct/reverse clutch assembly is out of its place, lying loose between the rear...
• Re: Auto tranny shifter cable circlip size?
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:55:43 +1000
  ...Auto tranny shifter cable circlip size? Hello all. Does anyone know the size of a circlip that holds the shifter cable onto the auto...
• Re: Replacing the vacuum advance unit
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:49:28 -0700
  ...Don't lose the circlip ;) -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" 75...
• Re: clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 20:04:03 -0800
  ...drive but on my 87 GL once you remove the outer circlip the lever will slide off the splined shaft. In my case i...
• Merkur adjustable headrests installed in my vanagon tonite..
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 04:32:10 EDT
  ...here is what i did. -remove vanagon headrests (fyi, theyre in perfect shape, grey, and for sale) remove circlip and pull out -remove the...
• clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 14:43:42 -0800
  Can someone provide insight on to removal of this baby on an 87 syncro? I have removed the pivot bolt and an outer circlip...
• Rear Hatch Struts - 1987
  Historical mailing list - Erik Feddersen
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 17:35:03 -0500
  ...On the original, one end of the strut gets bolted in and the other is slid over a stud and retained with a circlip...
• CV Joint installation on half shaft
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 04:25:06 -0800
  ...It included CKN joints, 80 gr of MOS2 grease, Lobro boots kit, w/hardware {12-point-bolts WITHOUT lock washers, crimping bands, circlips, and...
• Re: clutch release lever removal
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:47:39 -0700
  ...Don't move or remove the inner circlip as it is what you will use to push against the nylon bushing after the set...
• part needed, parking brake handle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 05:09:53 -0800
  ...It is bolted to the floor with two 13mm bolts and then the cable is held on with a circlip. I can pay for...
• input shaft (again)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 22 May 2003 12:53:30 -0500
  ...I've got the bell housing off, I took the circlip off, now what? If I turn the shaft, the transmission's gears turn...
• Re: Speedometer question (long now)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:48:55 EST
  ...To say the circlip turns with the wheel, in my mind means it's working correctly. The circlip holds the speedo cable after the...
• BALL JOINT REPLACEMENTS
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 16:34:50 -0800
  ...On LH (drivers) side you'll have to remove speedometer cable-remove circlip on hub cap and pull through. At this point I took...
• Re: input shaft (again)
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 22 May 2003 14:26:30 -0400
  Once you get the circlip out of its groove, slide it back towards the end of the shaft a few inches. Then pull straight...
• Gotta love the English language was: Re: Auto tranny shifter cable circlip size?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:58:17 -0700
  --snip-- I�d love to send my wife out to the the local tacoma screw to pick up a few and try them out...
• Re: &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 14 May 2005 06:21:40 EDT
  ...You need GOOD circlip pliers both straight jaw ones and angle jaw ones. ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS stuff rags behind the piston so...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:42:51 -0700
  ...to remove the Adjusting Rings. >> No Special Tools required other than Circlip pliers, seal puller and a method to install the new seal. >> Have...
• Re: Lubing CV Joints, Struck Oil... more questions
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:44:13 -0800
  ...I'd advise buying those circlip pliers. After the circlip is out remove the spring washer which is sitting under the circlip. You're...
• Re: Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 22:00:59 -0700
  ...I was wondering about the function of the cable retaining > circlip. Is it supposed to be secured tightly? Stella's is loose, > meaning that...
• Re: circlip on lower ball-joint
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:02:52 -0700
  ...I would want the circlip, > a new one. MAybe they > aren;t fully pressed and he couldn't get them to > fit. Maybe an...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 11:13:14 -0400
  As I recall there is a circlip on the shaft on the outside of the van. I assume you have removed the wiper arm...
• clutch release lever removal
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:40:33 -0400
  ...Hanyes simple instructions of "remove the circlip and withdraw the release lever" leaves out the part about the lever being rusted and tightly fused...
• Unidentified part
  Historical mailing list - M Catlin
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:49:35 -0700
  Can anyone identify the part shown in the link below? I am referring to the flat circlip/alignment-shim-looking parts to the left...
• [Fwd: ball joint replacement, '81 Vanagon]
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:59:42 -0600
  ...damage the new ones when pressing them in.Be sure to remove the circlip before trying to press. Good luck! Tom Czerniak [message/rfc822]
• Re: AT Seal and Gasket Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alan Shearer
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:46:17 -0000
  ...When I removed the circlip holding the piston cover in place, the piston was forced out by spring tension. While it was out, I...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearings 71 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 15:10:39 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Using a press is probably easier but this method has always worked for us. > washer) for the circlip to be seated. When I took...
• Noisy strut
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:11:01 +0000
  ...Any ideas on this one?? BTW, anyone know what size the circlip and washer are?  I need a spare set. Dave B.the Boston...
• re: clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kenneke
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 23:34:23 -400
  ...The kit just contains a rubber boot, a plastic washer (I think) and a couple of circlips. I did the same about a year...
• Rear Hatch/Door Pistons
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:38:05 -0400
  ...Remove the circlip on the frame side of the piston, pull the piston off (careful: the hatch is heavy!), slip the PVC pipe on...
• Re: Accl. cable retainer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 12:34:10 EDT
  ...It is just a small circlip. I have replaced these before and it is no problem. Measure it to be sure you get the...
• trans main shaft removal ??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Fitzsimons
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:45:46 EDT
  ...The bell housing is removed from the transmission, the circlip is off, the reverse gear slides to the rear............. .........now how do I get...
• Re: Clutch housing rebuild questions (searched archicve) + small report
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 13:31:20 -0400
  ...Dont know the number.Remove the circlip from the clutch shaft arm. Drive a chisel between the case and slave cyl mount,to push...
• CV joints
  Historical mailing list - freeholder bill
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 09:29:15 -0700
  ...Will this work OK, or will I have to rotate the wheels? Once I have them off, it looks like a circlip holds each...
• Re: 85' speedometer problems :-(
  Historical mailing list - Steve Overmyer
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 13:40:23 +1100
  ...BTW,it is always worth putting a little blob of silicone or similar goop over the end of the cable & circlip after repacking or...
• Re: AT Seal and Gasket Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alan Shearer
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 01:38:15 -0000
  ...I bought the new circlip at my local VW dealer and replaced it as a precaution. It probably wasn't necessary. Sounds like maybe...
• Temp II Sensor install procedure
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 12:27:53 -0400
  ...Get your screwdriver and remove the circlip holding the sensor in place. The circlip is on the FRONT of the fitting. Apply a little...
• Re: CV Joint installation on half shaft
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 11:13:29 -0800
  ...On my 84 manual transmission Westfalia, how is that washer > > positioned? Observing the half shaft from the view, Circlip, CV joint, > > Boot, Crimping Band...
• Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Kate McLaughlin
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 23:08:12 -0500
  ...I was wondering about the function of the cable retaining circlip. Is it supposed to be secured tightly? Stella's is loose, meaning that...
• Re: It's the annoying little things...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:00:02 +0000
  ...The stud end circlip might be sourced, at least approximated , at > flaps. > > Alistair > > > > > > On Jul 23, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000...
• Solved &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 14 May 2005 17:16:36 -0500
  ...Thanks, Jim On May 14, 2005, at 4:38 PM, Paul Guzyk wrote: > I've had best results with Craftsman circlip pliers. > > Forget about...
• Re: cv joint/boot and idle/ac questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:01:16 -0400
  ...The snap ring type fastner I talked about is called a circlip. You need circlip plyers. The trans seals and the cv axels both...
• Re: Blankety-blank CV Snaprings
  Historical mailing list - Martin Kennelly
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 12:10:40 +0000
  Hello Frank, You can use a pliers that is for removing external circlips or a suitable needle point pliers with a spring so that...
• Removing axle question
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:34:14 -0800
  ...from the outside with a big bronze hammer (Bentley shows a circlip in there somewhere)? To clarify, I am NOT talking about the CV...
• VW P/N anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 May 2011 18:48:48 -0700
  Anyone know the part number for the circlip shown at the bottom of page 37.12? It's not a standard flat circlip, as...
• Need some advice on how to work with 2nd gear brake band
  Historical mailing list - raul lince
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:19:20 +0000
  ...Ive got all the seals i need im not replacing the circlip but ive heard about removing the valve body if a small c...