Sponge Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hoyhoy!I'll cut it short: Basically, removed my driver out of my Nankai Bamboo hub. I needed to check something out and I ended up taking a C-clip off the one-piece driver (it's 9t, so the cog and driver has to be one-piece), which holds that black cover on. It's pretty important I get it back on. But... It's a complete bitch trying to fit it back on since the C-Clip is such a damn *tight* fit on the driver. I heard that there's a special little tool that can do this petty little job quite easily? Brute force with fingers and using chopsticks as wedges still doesn't work.I wouldn't be asking this if it were a simple job, which it may seem. Dayum, Is there such thing as a C-Clip plier/installer? There must be something that engineers and people at the factory use to make this process easy for the amount of c-clips they need to press on everyday.Any help'd be great! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 a vice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Tom* Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 (edited) Circlip pliers are what you need. Not too sure where you'd buy them though.. might be able to use some small nosed normal pliers. Edited April 16, 2009 by *Tom* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Revolver Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 It might work if you can get some needle-nosed pliers to fit in the little circles on the ends, then you can bend it open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialschallenger Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 right tools for the job,think b and q and maybe homebase sell them or buy some cheep long nose pliers and grind the ends of them to a point so they fit in the holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 This is what the snap-ring/ C-clip looks like.. I somehow don't think a pronged c-clip plier is going to work since this snap-ring doesn't have little circular inserts.It's just basically a very high tensioned wire-snap-ring, but how is it installed? No where tells you how. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 put one end in the grove.Hold it there with the other end up on top so it's stretched out a bit like a spring.Run a small screwdriver round the inside diameter and push down on the top of the clip as you go along.I don't think you'll get that but thats how to do it.Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cai Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 post this thread in the BMX forum - seeing as they're the guys who use such hubs, they'll hopefully know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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