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Brake slave cylinder circlip install

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drooartz

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Tonight I'm working on assembling the rear brakes for my Bugeye (keep in mind, these are the later style brakes from a '74 Midget). I've got some photos of how they're supposed to go together from another thread here on the BCF, but I've got a simple question on the clip the holds the slave cylinder in place.

The new slaves I bought from Moss have a dished clip to hold them in place. How the he** do I get these little suckers on? I'm momentarily stumped.
 
When I got my rear cylinders from VB, they came with the same odd clip. I spent half an hour fiddling with it, trying to lever it on with a screwdriver, trying to pop it on with a wrench. Eventually I bent it in half. I ended up using the circlips from the original cylinders instead.
 
Get rid of those new E clips and pick up the old style circlips at any hardware store. I forget the size but it's the best 50 cents you can spend.
Bring in the w/cyl to fit the circlip.
You can grind off part of one of the E clip ears and make it work but what happens when it's all under the car and you want to replace a wheel cylinder
the night before a trip?
 
Luckily, I saved the old clips and washers. They're still in good shape, so I'll just reuse them.

Glad I'm not the only one who struggled with the clips. :smile:
 
Drew, it is not called struggling it is called paying your dues. LOL
 
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