window winder circlip...what to use?

ren Wolfsburg Wizard

629 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 27 Aug 2006, 12:26 pm

#527139

what should I use to get the door window winder circlip off? the grooves it's in is so damn skinny, that no pliers I have can get in there. Any clues?

PS it's a '65 notch, and i think the 60's beetles have the same ones...

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 27 Aug 2006, 3:14 pm

#527160

the early beetles has a small pin driven into the shaft...

I can't remember coming across a circlip...

You can get the circlip pliers that come with 3 or 4 ends,
so You can use them for different sort of circlips
these are approx 4 mm thick..

Have You tried to get a small screwdriver under the middle of the circlip?
I have ground down some screwdriver tips so I can use them for this...

best of Luck

Lee

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ren Wolfsburg Wizard

629 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 27 Aug 2006, 9:05 pm

#527285

I used two BBW tools in the end! well one bbq tool and a kitchen paring knife. got it done ok, thanks autobug.

pod i`ve got to finish this thing one day

4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 27 Aug 2006, 9:17 pm

#527292

i have an old steel rule with a slot cut out the end for getting window winders with circlips off🙂

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331 posts · joined May 2005 · 27 Aug 2006, 9:31 pm

#527303

i also hear that a bent fork works well.

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16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Aug 2006, 8:24 am

#527427

get some thin metal sheet n cut a slot in it to fit the width of the slot in the winder handle and push it out that way

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