Piston circlip
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A circular clip that holds a piston pin in place
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- Fwd: '87 Vanagon
Historical mailing list · Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:20:39 -0800
...The manual shows a small >circlip attaching the piston rod to the piston. There is no circlip on >mine. Instead, there is a disk...
- Re: Heads are off; now what?
Historical mailing list · Fri, 23 Feb 2001 05:56:05 EST
...The circlips can be reached from the sides of the pistons. Use rags to block the case opening to the crank so the circlip...
- Re: Rear Hatch/Door Pistons
Historical mailing list · Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:55:48 -0700
...Remove the >circlip on the frame side of the piston, pull the piston off >(careful: the hatch is heavy!), slip the PVC pipe on...
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