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[Lazydocker]

Changing a front wheel bearing on a 206 and the circlip is well and truly stuck in the groove... Any hot tips for removing it?

[aaronjb]

A lot of swearing followed by losing an eye.

(No good tips - I broke several drifts trying to get stuck circlips out of the propshaft UJs when disassembling the Jag.. managed not to lose an eye, though)

[henryd]

Changing a front wheel bearing on a 206 and the circlip is well and truly stuck in the groove... Any hot tips for removing it?

I use a die grinder and grind a groove in the hub where the join in the clip is so a screwdriver can get behind the clip,they are a pain in the as on peugeots

[Lazydocker]

I can get a grip on it but it just won’t budge... Starting to get the hump now!

[Gaffers]

Can you get a drill bit to it, cut it in half?

[Doctor Gollum]

Soak it over night. Appreciate it's not a quick solution, but be less stressful than breaking it

[Kevin Wood]

Soak it over night. Appreciate it's not a quick solution, but be less stressful than breaking it

What, the car? In the sea? Following a departure from the top of beachy head? 

Actually, I was thinking that breaking it might be a good option, as long as you can get more circlips, but a bit of plus gas might be worth a try.

[tigers_gonads]

Soak it over night. Appreciate it's not a quick solution, but be less stressful than breaking it

What, the car? In the sea? Following a departure from the top of beachy head? 

Actually, I was thinking that breaking it might be a good option, as long as you can get more circlips, but a bit of plus gas might be worth a try.

Yes 

A good squirt of plus gas.

Leave for a bit.
Give it a good tap all around the clip with hammer then oil it again.
Go back later when oil has worked its way between the clip and grove and bobs your auntie 

[Lazydocker]

Been working it in all suggested ways... Will let it soak overnight and if it doesn’t free off this time I’ll heat it up

[Bigron]

We are all allowed one silly suggestion, so here's mine!
Put a pointed tool/bit in a hammer drill and try to hammer it free, operating on the open end of the circlip to try to push it around.
If that gets it moving - job done? 

Ron.

[Doctor Gollum]

Soak it over night. Appreciate it's not a quick solution, but be less stressful than breaking it

What, the car? In the sea? Following a departure from the top of beachy head? 

Actually, I was thinking that breaking it might be a good option, as long as you can get more circlips, but a bit of plus gas might be worth a try.

Beachy Head is a good shout but I was thinking about limiting anger damage to the hub carrier

[Lazydocker]

Soak it over night. Appreciate it's not a quick solution, but be less stressful than breaking it

What, the car? In the sea? Following a departure from the top of beachy head? 

Actually, I was thinking that breaking it might be a good option, as long as you can get more circlips, but a bit of plus gas might be worth a try.

Beachy Head is a good shout but I was thinking about limiting anger damage to the hub carrier

May be too late 

[aaronjb]

But have you lost an eye yet?

I got the (much smaller) circlips moving by levering one end out and then using a screwdriver to 'walk' the rest of it out far enough that it could come flying out like some kind of tiny un-guided missile.. (and then we had to weld bolts on to the bearings to get those out )

[Kevin Wood]

But have you lost an eye yet?

I got the (much smaller) circlips moving by levering one end out and then using a screwdriver to 'walk' the rest of it out far enough that it could come flying out like some kind of tiny un-guided missile.. (and then we had to weld bolts on to the bearings to get those out )

So they didn't build the suspension to fall apart! Shame about the bodywork, really.

[aaronjb]

The bits that were basically holdovers from the 1960s were built like a tank.. the bodywork designed in the 1980s was made out of tissue paper and good intentions

[Lazydocker]

But have you lost an eye yet?

I got the (much smaller) circlips moving by levering one end out and then using a screwdriver to 'walk' the rest of it out far enough that it could come flying out like some kind of tiny un-guided missile.. (and then we had to weld bolts on to the bearings to get those out )

If I could get any movement on it then I’d try that!

[tigers_gonads]

If you have a fine cutter, can you cut across the clip 180 degrees so its in 2 parts ?
That way, the spring tension should work in your favour and it should prise out easier 
You will need a new clip mind you 

[Lazydocker]

If you have a fine cutter, can you cut across the clip 180 degrees so its in 2 parts ?
That way, the spring tension should work in your favour and it should prise out easier 
You will need a new clip mind you 

Yeah... Not enough space to get through it but it’s on the list of possibilities... Heat is next on the list

[tigers_gonads]

If you have a fine cutter, can you cut across the clip 180 degrees so its in 2 parts ?
That way, the spring tension should work in your favour and it should prise out easier 
You will need a new clip mind you 

Yeah... Not enough space to get through it but it’s on the list of possibilities... Heat is next on the list

What 
A gallon of unleaded and a match ?   

[Gaffers]

If you have a fine cutter, can you cut across the clip 180 degrees so its in 2 parts ?
That way, the spring tension should work in your favour and it should prise out easier 
You will need a new clip mind you 

Yeah... Not enough space to get through it but it’s on the list of possibilities... Heat is next on the list

What 
A gallon of unleaded and a match ?   

That's the best cure for any french motor car.

[Lazydocker]

If you have a fine cutter, can you cut across the clip 180 degrees so its in 2 parts ?
That way, the spring tension should work in your favour and it should prise out easier 
You will need a new clip mind you 

Yeah... Not enough space to get through it but it’s on the list of possibilities... Heat is next on the list

What 
A gallon of unleaded and a match ?   

That's the best cure for any french motor car.

Nah, that’s a waste of unleaded... Have you seen the price lately?

I’ll use contaminated fuel instead!

[Lazydocker]

Just an update... Resorted to a bit of heat in the end and it popped out fine... Wish I’d Dug out the gas bottles earlier now Although I suspect the overnight soaking helped too

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