Modifying 90° Pliers into Snap Ring Pliers
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I bought a 90* needle nose plier @ Harbor Freight. Needed to notch and modify the end of the plier a little to get it to fit in the circlip on the turbo.
Can a Dremel cut off wheel be able to do this? Not sure if it will even make a scratch on the plier.
Maybe someone can chime in on this. Thanks.
Can a Dremel cut off wheel be able to do this? Not sure if it will even make a scratch on the plier.
Maybe someone can chime in on this. Thanks.
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just bought my rebuild kit from T2, T25, T28 Rebuild Kits . Im gunna try to buy some cheap pliers and modify them today.
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i got it off!
i already had the exhaust housing off so i had room to just use regular needle nosed. I modified them using a grinder to make them smaller and then a cut off wheel to put a small groove in them so they would grab the snapring. My first attempt snapped cause i made the groove too deep, so i re- did it. I ended up pulling one side out, putting a screwdriver under the snapring and prying it around the compressor housing till it popped off.
here are some crappy pics using my camera in macro mode
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i already had the exhaust housing off so i had room to just use regular needle nosed. I modified them using a grinder to make them smaller and then a cut off wheel to put a small groove in them so they would grab the snapring. My first attempt snapped cause i made the groove too deep, so i re- did it. I ended up pulling one side out, putting a screwdriver under the snapring and prying it around the compressor housing till it popped off.
here are some crappy pics using my camera in macro mode
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when I clocked my turbo last night, I found a cheap set of pliers laying around that were perfect, no grinding required. I did however have to compress the ring with my hand to get it back on, the pliers weren't big enough to span the gap between the 2 holes
I like the notches, I'll have to try that
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