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Subject:VW P/N anyone?
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date: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 it has a partial "cup" on it
to catch the end of the override spring.

Scott suggested stainless steel safety wire as a temporary replacement,
and I have some, but the groove on the end of the rod into which the
clip clips can't be much wider than 20 mils, and given how forceful that
spring is, and how much larger the i.d. of the spring is compared with
the thickness of any wire that could lodge in that groove, is I doubt I
could fashion a very useful stopper for the spring from wire.

I ain't pulling it off again -- in the parking lot of the hardware store
-- in hopes of finding a suitable generic replacement, because I know
that I'd probably (a) not find one and/or (2) lose this one when trying
to re-install it.

On account of I may be tinkering with the adjusting rod, and the loss of
that bitty clip could spell woe for me. And I'm just the guy to lose
it.

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Rocky J Squirrel
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