Re: [AMC-list] Pushing a C-clip

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What about an angle grinder wrench?
Both of mine have C shaped ends with two pins sticking out.
I don't know about sizes and whether pins will clear, but maybe?

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Rambler Nash Jeep and familyAMC" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:48:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Pushing a C-clip
> 
> Thanks George.  I may just look in the air chisel bit department at
> Home Depot.  LOL 
>  
> Regards,
> Joe Fulton
> 
> --- On Thu, 10/14/10, George Graham <Jensenguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: George Graham <Jensenguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Pushing a C-clip
> To: "'AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family'" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 12:35 PM
> 
> 
> I have an old air chisel bit (had it since about 1970) that was made
> for
> walking control arm bushings out of the arms -- and it also works
> great for
> pushing C-clips.  Its flat and blunt on the end, shaped like a
> half-moon,
> and you can beat on it without damage.  Where to find one of those in
> this
> day and age I don't know.
> 
> George Graham
> AMC of Houston
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Swygert [mailto:farna@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 10:03 AM
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Pushing a C-clip
> 
> 
> 
> I'm afraid "big screwdriver" is what I use too. A small hammer to tap
> it 
> home is a good idea. I didn't get the C-clip seated well once and lost
> a 
> cap -- not good!!  So go around it at a couple places and tap it home.
> 
> I've got an old carpenter's screwdriver that is stout but short that 
> works perfectly.
> 
> --------------
> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:58:59 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I'm trying to get the rear u-joint back in the Rambler and pushing the
> 
> internal c-clips onto the u-joint caps is proving to be a hassle while
> 
> lying under the car with the u-joint hanging loose.? I know I'll get
> it 
> eventually but just wondered if anyone who has done this before has a
> 
> suggestion for a pusher tool other than the big screwdriver I'm
> using.? 
> I did the same thing on my 66 Rambler years ago and I forgot if I just
> 
> kept trying with a screwdriver or if I got a brainstorm involving some
> 
> other tool.? I thought maybe I'd get out Mr. Dremel and carve an arc
> in 
> a heavy putty knife.
> ?
> 
> -- 
> Frank Swygert
> Publisher, "American Motors Cars"
> Magazine (AMC)
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