I think Ed caught it exactly. For me there was no bigger frustration then replacing/rebuilding my front wheel bearings, CVs, and axle flange seals. As you know, the circlips are all of the "snap" type. With the exception of those monsters on either side of the front bearings, none have the holes for circlip pliers. Here I am laying under the car on a cold concrete floor, trying to balance these knife-edged snap circlip ends on the pointy ends of circlip pliers. I must have tried 15-20 times before I finally got the circlip to seat on the end of the axle stub. I only had a few, and they shot all over my garage. I got shot in the eye with one. Still, I go back...
Chris Williams [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Yip [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 10:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: shifter rebuild advice ROTFLMFAO!! Reminds me of all those times I worked with circlips and such. Nothing worse than hearing "PING" - which was naturally followed by the words "Ah, s**t" --- [email protected] wrote: > Once done retrieving the roll pin from across > the room a few times, give up searching after > 1/2 an hour and re-use the old roll pin. > You'll discover the roll pin in a box of nails > next spring.... ===== Matthew Yip [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ '87 GTi 16v - x2 '88 M5 '99 F350 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
