Thank you, Max. I guess I am learning something from the pros on the list.
Make it easier and make it safe.
Bill
At 08:41 AM 04/10/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Last week or so someone (I forget who) was voicing displeasure concerning
>the spring clip retainer for the rear brake cylinders on an MGB. I plead
>guilty to responding facetiously, or at least not usefully, but another
>party suggested using a snap ring in this application.
>
>Well, this afternoon I was helping my buddy with his long-term project
>''69 B, and each of us, working on dfferent sides, managed to break the
>new spring clips while reassembling the rear brakes. But I piped up
>"Well, we can always try snap rings", and it turned out he had a good
>selection. And I'm here to report that, at least using the screw-type
>snap ring tool (not the pliers type), it was a cinch! As opposed to the
>preceding half-hour of cursing and fumbling.
>
>So, whoever mentioned snap rings on the list, take a bow! I personally
>think it should be SOP in the manuals. Thanks, and a tip of the cap!
>
>--
>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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