C clip / locking ring pliers?

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C clip / locking ring pliers?

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Am on the hunt for a couple of locking ring pliers for the clips at the front axel ends... circlip pliers work after a few attempts but a few places i've tried dont seem to stock them. ...

any ideas?
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i bought a set of curclip pliers and ground the ends down to suit the pulling the clips off
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mudlva wrote:i bought a set of curclip pliers and ground the ends down to suit the pulling the clips off


What he said

Or come borrow mine

Or somewhere simple like supercheap where I found mine
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Just buy the correct tool and don't stuff around. They are called snap ring pliers and look like this

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifact ... inset2.jpg

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brought mine from a Trade Zone store (Blen engineering supplies) they had about 3 set of them they call them c clip pliers
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http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/online- ... 0375#Cross

otherwise call in to Twiggs, they have them there and better quality than superchump stuff
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imsohi wrote:brought mine from a Trade Zone store (Blen engineering supplies) they had about 3 set of them they call them c clip pliers



ha look at that didn't even know that tool existed...
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I got mine from sulco ...were about $65 ..but awesome quality ...will last me forever.
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stole my pair from a mechanic :lol: they are great
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I got mine from Ripco. On sale (no one wanted them :lol: ) $30. Powerbuilt
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sig wrote:stole my pair from a mechanic :lol: they are great


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Got a pair from Twiggs in the hutt $16+gst, having the right tool helps, cheers for your help
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