Hello All

I think I am now in the right forum to ask....can someone recommend one or two pliers for removing/installing those little snap rings on RC electric motor shafts? Thanks for any advice



regards

mrsand

I have an old set of snap ring pliers, the set has several sizes. Had them for years, I think I got them from NAPA Auto but I could have ordered them from Snap On? Most the time I just use a small screw driver to pull them off. If you go into the glow engine forum and OS support you can ask Bill Baxter if someone has a special set.

ok thanks Gray

Rite on G/B except when they pop of what ever the tool you using, then there are some strange noise's in my shop

I have a lot of extra snap rings from parts engines but I have never had a snap ring go zinging off into the void. However those itty bitty beveled valve keepers on the YS engines are another story. I had a clear plastic box with arm holes cut in it just for doing valve jobs. Then I found some really big baggies that are easier to use. The hardest thing to locate was a little chrome check ball from a Walbro carb. I always clean my shop and floor when doing this type of work but even then it's a head on the floor looking for these parts. The second the part takes off I freeze and listen.

G/B you are rite on the largr freezer bags have worked great for me, and thank god for good magnets.

Cheers Bob T

Harbor freight has them.
http://www.harborfreight.com/snap-ri...eads-3316.html

I've had some luck locating parts gone wild by using a bright flashlight and just moving it from side to side almost FLAT on the floor. Even at that I still hear weird noises now and then when I vacuum . lol ENJOY !!! RED

I have a road trip coming in the near future and HF is stop number one. I will look at those pliers. I still have a pair that I got in the 70s that you screw different tips into, really crappy pliers but they sometimes work on those really small rings where you can't get into them. I like the idea of changing the head instead of having several pliers in the tool box.
My shop is so small and cluttered even when I vacuum the floor small parts may never make it there. I do use the flash light and magnet trick, amazing how many other lost items I find that way.
Food for thought, why is it a friend or neighbor will only show up to BS when your on your hands and knees looking for that little part that shot off into that void??

or the phone rings and the better half is asking you to do something.

Cheers bob T