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TR4/4A TR4A Master Brake Cyl Internal Spring Clip?

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I'm reassembling the unit and there is a wire clip left over from disassembly that is shaped like a capitol"C" with the top part of the C extended down a bit. Anyone know where this clip goes? Not talking about the Circlip for the pushrod. Thx Karl
 
Do you have the springy washer? If it is broken I suppose it could end up looking like a C. Alternately -- a piece of broken spring? Sure doesn't sound to me like anything you should need.
 
This wire "C" is 1" in diameter and is not the circlip that holds the assembly in the cylinder! Now I'm thinking that maybe at some point in this cylinders life a previous owner may have lost the cirlip that holds the assembly and fabricated one then the next owner not realizing it was there installed the proper clip so there ended up being two? Because our cars are so old it seems like you always find something that a previous owner has improvised or maybe bodged! :smile:
 
Bodged is the right word. Reminds me of Junkyard Wars/Scrapheap Challenge. :smile:

Scott
 
A repair kit could have included a slightly different wire circlip and you re-used the original "square wire" one that came out.

Or a PO may have left one inside the old rubber boot and it fell out.

There's a wavy spring washer under the plastic valve spacer at the back of the M/C, but I don't think you would describe that as a wire clip.

Hard to know for sure with these odd ball things. Anyhow, only one retaining circlip is needed.

Regards,

Viv.
 
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