A 3/16" "E" clip from the hardware store will work The groove is wide enough to take two. There is no reason to remove the clip or spring to adjust the rod. The part number for that clip is N-012-325-4. 

Dennis

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:49 PM
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Subject: VW P/N anyone?

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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