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C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:51 pm
by Jerry
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?

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:30 pm
by mudlva
i bought a set of curclip pliers and ground the ends down to suit the pulling the clips off

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:36 pm
by skid
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

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:42 pm
by turoa
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

Worth their weight in gold

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:52 pm
by imsohi
brought mine from a Trade Zone store (Blen engineering supplies) they had about 3 set of them they call them c clip pliers

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:00 pm
by skid
http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/online- ... 0375#Cross

otherwise call in to Twiggs, they have them there and better quality than superchump stuff

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:48 pm
by mudlva
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...
learn something new every day ah...

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:13 pm
by tallsam66
I got mine from sulco ...were about $65 ..but awesome quality ...will last me forever.

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:21 pm
by sig
stole my pair from a mechanic :lol: they are great

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:21 pm
by nstacey

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:03 pm
by tomsoffroad
I got mine from Ripco. On sale (no one wanted them :lol: ) $30. Powerbuilt

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:15 pm
by wopass
sig wrote:stole my pair from a mechanic :lol: they are great


X2 :lol:

Re: C clip / locking ring pliers?

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:43 pm
by Jerry
Got a pair from Twiggs in the hutt $16+gst, having the right tool helps, cheers for your help