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daniels9424cs
Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:49 pm
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How do you all keep your E-clips on, mine just want to pop off and get lost non stop.
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THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
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While you're installing them, or after they're securely on? They should rarely come off if installed properly. Sorry for the large font, but I only have one good eye... nasty e-clip accident at 14.
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littleVETTE
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which ones you losing?
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Mindwarp
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Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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If they are popping off, they are most likely the wrong size for the application.
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askbob
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THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: While you're installing them, or after they're securely on? They should rarely come off if installed properly. Sorry for the large font, but I only have one good eye... nasty e-clip accident at 14.  ______________________________________________ _______________________________ __________________________________ _______________________________ _____________________________ 
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Lowgear
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An alternative to e-clips are snap rings aka circlips which have been used and sold for R/C applications. Although I imagine they would catch on more things once the open part where it protrudes orientates itself towards the ground. (Pic stolen from eBay)Attachment:
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Those are a little odd as I'm not sure how the go on. Hopefully theres a slit where the square hole is.
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CamplinP
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Make sure the grooves are cleaned out well. I had one hinge pin with this problem and it was full of grit.
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fredswain
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You can buy snap rings from McMaster-Carr. I have them on my cars since I kept having problems with e-clips popping off too. They are a bit of a pain to install but you'll never have to worry about them again. A good snap ring plier helps installing them.
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LTO_Dave
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Someone chime in, but aren't the clips supposed to go on with the beveled edge facing out? Or is it the flat edge?
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TerryC
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A problem I ran into when I replaced some missing clips on my 10T:
I found some at the hardware store that were the correct size, but they were just just a tiny bit thicker.
Too thick to properly seat in the grooves. They felt like they locked, but examination with a magnifying glass showed that they were mostly riding over the top of groove instead of snapping down into it.
I caught onto this after I kept losing new clips.
Something to check and watch for.
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daniels9424cs
Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:49 pm
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I think I need to get the pins to turn more easily because the pins on the front a-arms do not turn with the arm but stay stationary in the bulkhead instead making the clip rotate on the arm or on the pin.
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teman
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Have you tried loctite or anything like that yet?
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eeeks
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I used to/still use a small blob of shoe goo on the e-clips after they've been installed. Works great.
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